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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Susitna North in Alaska

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Susitna North in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.3 km (19 miles). The temblor was picked up at 12:36:33 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -149.1581 West, latitude 62.0844 North, depth = 31.3 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/07/25 / 2025-07-12 12:36:33 / July 12, 2025 @ 12:36 pm. Id of earthquake: ak0258ve2yvm. Event ids that are associated: ak0258ve2yvm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Eagle River, Knik-Fairview, Wasilla (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 37 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.1581° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	62.0844° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	31.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	37 km ESE of Susitna North, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-12 12:36:33	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-12 12:43:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	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	300	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	0.47 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	ak0258ve2yvm	Id of event.
Event Code	0258ve2yvm	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0258ve2yvm,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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