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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 9, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.586S, -159.918WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 91 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (57 miles). The temblor was detected at 10:44:10 / 10:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.4 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 10:44:10 / July 18, 2025 @ 10:44 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -159.918 West, latitude 54.586 North, depth = 21.4 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak02595a5unl. Unique identifier: ak02595a5unl.

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifty-eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and twenty-five, in the past 30 days three hundred and twenty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 91 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.918° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.586° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 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 2025-07-18 10:44:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-08 23:18:44 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 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 0.7 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 ak02595a5unl Id of event.
Event Code 02595a5unl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02595a5unl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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