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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Skwentna in Alaska


Earthquake location 61.903S, -150.9776WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Skwentna in Alaska on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -150.9776 West, latitude 61.903 North, depth = 6.2 km. Event id: ak02589wlm9k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak02589wlm9k. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/06/25 / 2025-06-29 13:21:06 / June 29, 2025 @ 1:21 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.2 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:21:06 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Meadow Lakes (min 5000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 24 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -150.9776° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.903° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-29 13:21:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-29 13:26:46 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 automatic 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 0.74 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 ak02589wlm9k Id of event.
Event Code 02589wlm9k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02589wlm9k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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