Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 43 km N of Atka, Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 43 km N of Atka, Alaska (27 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:38:00 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/25 / 2025-07-16 06:38:00 / July 16, 2025 @ 6:38 am. Unique identifier: us7000qcye. Ids that are associated to the event: ak02591wo4h3, us7000qcye. Exact location, longitude -174.2611° West, latitude 52.5875° North, depth = 199.562 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 199.562 km (124 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km N of Atka, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-174.2611° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.5875° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	199.562 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43 km N of Atka, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-16 06:38:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-12 04:34:40	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	178	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	42	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.195	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	125	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	us7000qcye	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qcye	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak02591wo4h3,us7000qcye,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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