Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag strikes near Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/05/25 / 2025-05-06 21:04:43 / May 6, 2025 @ 9:04 pm. Exact location, longitude 177.3459° East, latitude 50.2373° North, depth = 21.9 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 21.9 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 21:04:43 / 9:04 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0255sq8wys. Unique identifier: ak0255sq8wys.

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

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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: Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	177.3459° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	50.2373° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	21.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-06 21:04:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-07 00:31:23	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	168	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,	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	0.62 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	ak0255sq8wys	Id of event.
Event Code	0255sq8wys	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0255sq8wys,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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