Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag was detected near Point Possession in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Point Possession in Alaska. The temblor was detected at 00:18:02 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 00:18:02 / February 6, 2025 @ 12:18 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.402 West, latitude 61.0086 North, depth = 39.6 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0251p6zpbe, us7000pbpx. Id of event: ak0251p6zpbe. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 39.6 km (25 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Knik-Fairview, Kenai, Eagle River (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 18 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-150.402° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.0086° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	39.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km ENE of Point Possession, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-06 00:18:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-06 00:26:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	158	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ak	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ak,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ak0251p6zpbe	Id of event.
Event Code	0251p6zpbe	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0251p6zpbe,us7000pbpx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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