Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Sand Point in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (64 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 32.384 km (20 miles). Global time and date of event 07/08/25 / 2025-08-07 22:57:42 / August 7, 2025 @ 10:57 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qyzk, ak025a2k4uio. Id of event: us6000qyzk. The temblor was reported at 22:57:42 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 32.384 km, -159.9359° West, 54.4629° North.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 103 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-159.9359° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	54.4629° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	32.384 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	103 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	2025-08-07 22:57:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-08 02:46:34	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	2.371	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	199	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	,us,ak,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	12	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.42	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.75 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	228	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	us6000qyzk	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qyzk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qyzk,ak025a2k4uio,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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