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Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 19, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.3361S, -159.4197WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (81 miles). The temblor was picked up at 02:39:55 / 2:39 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qd4b, ak02593hu288. Id of event: us7000qd4b. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 02:39:55 / July 17, 2025 @ 2:39 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -159.4197 West, latitude 54.3361 North, depth = 35 km.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 131 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.4197° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.3361° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 131 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 2025-07-17 02:39:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-19 22:16:47 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 2.593 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 199 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 ,us,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 74 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.506 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qd4b Id of event.
Event Code 7000qd4b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qd4b,ak02593hu288, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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