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Strong earthquake, 6.1 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 20, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.429S, -159.513WA earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (74 miles) on Sunday. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:27:59 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Sand Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54 km (34 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 22:27:59 / July 20, 2025 @ 10:27 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -159.513° West, 54.429° North, depth 54 km. Id of earthquake: at00szpyen. Event ids that are associated: at00szpyen.

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-five, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 119 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.513° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.429° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 119 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 2025-07-20 22:27:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-20 22:34:48 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 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 1 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 573 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4042419 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 205.199983584 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00szpyen Id of event.
Event Code 00szpyen An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00szpyen, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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