A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Aleneva in Alaska. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/25 / 2025-04-25 19:17:02 / April 25, 2025 @ 7:17 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Aleneva in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:17:02 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: at00svag8e. Event ids that are associated: at00svag8e. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 58 km (36 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -153.055° West, 58.077° North, depth 58 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kodiak. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Kodiak (c. 6 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 8 km WNW of Aleneva, Alaska.
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