Minor earthquake, 3.6 mag was detected near Cold Bay in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 39 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska (24 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:35:42 / 6:35 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 06:35:42 / August 30, 2025 @ 6:35 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 206.809 km (129 miles). Event id: us7000qsh6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qsh6. Exact location of event, longitude -163.3081 West, latitude 55.2949 North, depth = 206.809 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-163.3081° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	55.2949° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	206.809 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39 km WNW of Cold Bay, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-30 06:35:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-30 11:44:06	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	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.444	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.01 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	131	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	us7000qsh6	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qsh6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qsh6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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