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Minor earthquake: M3.8 quake has struck near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on September 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.4567S, -159.7297WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (68 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.038 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -159.7297 West, latitude 54.4567 North, depth = 19.038 km. Event id: us6000rd8e. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak025cd6gn6m, us6000rd8e. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/09/25 / 2025-09-26 18:30:20 / September 26, 2025 @ 6:30 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:30:20 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 109 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -159.7297° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.4567° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.038 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 109 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 2025-09-26 18:30:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-26 21:29:23 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 3.028 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 222 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.384 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197 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 us6000rd8e Id of event.
Event Code 6000rd8e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak025cd6gn6m,us6000rd8e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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