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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska


Earthquake location 54.4592S, -160.0254WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (63 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:38:26 / 9:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -160.0254 West, latitude 54.4592 North, depth = 30.265 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.265 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 21:38:26 / July 17, 2025 @ 9:38 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak02593t50k8, us6000quuh. Unique identifier: us6000quuh.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and three, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 102 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.0254° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.4592° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 30.265 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 102 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 21:38:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-03 23:57:41 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 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 158 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.451 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 203 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 us6000quuh Id of event.
Event Code 6000quuh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02593t50k8,us6000quuh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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