Minor earthquake: M3.4 quake has struck near Atka in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 183 km SSE of Atka, Alaska (114 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pxl0. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0255c8c17d, us7000pxl0. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.989 km (4 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:50:39 / 11:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -173.2704° West, 50.6558° North, depth 6.989 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 23:50:39 / April 26, 2025 @ 11:50 pm.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 183 km SSE of Atka, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-173.2704° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	50.6558° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.989 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	183 km SSE of Atka, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-26 23:50:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-07 23:14:41	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	178	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	,ak,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.653	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.55 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	231	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	us7000pxl0	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pxl0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0255c8c17d,us7000pxl0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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