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

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A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Houston in Alaska. Id of earthquake: ak025cyj1y8u. Event ids that are associated: ak025cyj1y8u. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/10/25 / 2025-10-09 09:24:17 / October 9, 2025 @ 9:24 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -149.8608 West, latitude 61.6049 North, depth = 34 km. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:24:17 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Palmer (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop).

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

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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. 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: 3 km SW of Houston, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-149.8608° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.6049° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SW of Houston, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-09 09:24:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-09 09:32:10	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	45	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	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	automatic	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	239	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	0.66 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	ak025cyj1y8u	Id of event.
Event Code	025cyj1y8u	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak025cyj1y8u,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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