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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.5518S, -160.2111WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 89 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (55 miles) on Wednesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:45:23 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 27.294 km (17 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0259251qc2, us7000qd28. Id of event: us7000qd28. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/07/25 / 2025-07-16 20:45:23 / July 16, 2025 @ 8:45 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -160.2111 West, latitude 54.5518 North, depth = 27.294 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.2111° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.5518° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 27.294 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 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 2025-07-16 20:45:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-16 21:30:19 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 2.748 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 271 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.457 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 209 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 us7000qd28 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qd28 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0259251qc2,us7000qd28, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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