A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ninilchik in Alaska. The temblor was picked up at 23:45:24 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Ninilchik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: ak025a2kno5b. Ids that are associated to the event: at00t0ndzo, ak025a2kno5b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.8 km (26 miles). Exact location of event, depth 41.8 km, -151.3393° West, 60.0035° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 07/08/25 / 2025-08-07 23:45:24 / August 7, 2025 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sterling, Kenai, Kalifornsky. The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days seventy-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.
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