Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (69 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.353 km (18 miles). Event id: us7000pxb0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak025577s2bz, us7000pxb0. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:24:16 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -159.7644 West, latitude 54.4281 North, depth = 29.353 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 20:24:16 / April 23, 2025 @ 8:24 pm UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-159.7644° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	54.4281° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	29.353 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	111 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-23 20:24:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-12 16:10:52	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	158	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.011	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.54 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	264	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	us7000pxb0	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pxb0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak025577s2bz,us7000pxb0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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