Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Akutan in Alaska

A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 95 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska (59 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:24:27 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 26.9 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -164.466 West, latitude 53.767 North, depth = 26.9 km. Id of earthquake: ak0259xalwgn. Event ids that are associated: ak0259xalwgn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 04:24:27 / August 4, 2025 @ 4:24 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. 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: 95 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-164.466° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	53.767° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	26.9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	95 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-04 04:24:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-04 15:28:14	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	2.324	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	246	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	0.56 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	ak0259xalwgn	Id of event.
Event Code	0259xalwgn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0259xalwgn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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