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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on July 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.5405S, -160.4562WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 88 km S of Sand Point, Alaska (55 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/25 / 2025-07-23 04:45:08 / July 23, 2025 @ 4:45 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0259dga6xu, us6000quan. Unique identifier: us6000quan. The temblor was detected at 04:45:08 / 4:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -160.4562 West, latitude 54.5405 North, depth = 35 km.

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

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 88 km S of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.4562° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.5405° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 88 km S 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 2025-07-23 04:45:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-23 05:06:13 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 1.941 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 284 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 59 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.581 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us6000quan Id of event.
Event Code 6000quan An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0259dga6xu,us6000quan, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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