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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.434S, -168.701WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 57 km S of Nikolski, Alaska (35 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:35:04 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -168.701° West, 52.434° North, depth 46.522 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.522 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/25 / 2025-04-28 02:35:04 / April 28, 2025 @ 2:35 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pvhf. Id of event: us7000pvhf.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 57 km S of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -168.701° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.434° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 46.522 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km S of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-28 02:35:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-28 02:53:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 reviewed 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 400 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 110 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.547 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 129 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pvhf Id of event.
Event Code 7000pvhf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pvhf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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