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Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on August 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.5815S, -160.5012WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 83 km S of Sand Point, Alaska (52 miles) on Friday. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:36:27 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 13.2 km, -160.5012° West, 54.5815° North. Id of earthquake: ak02595hut0u. Event ids that are associated: ak02595hut0u. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 23:36:27 / July 18, 2025 @ 11:36 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.2 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.5012° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.5815° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km S 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 23:36:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-14 02:38:50 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 168 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 0.77 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 ak02595hut0u Id of event.
Event Code 02595hut0u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak02595hut0u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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