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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 18 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska


Earthquake location 61.8894S, -151.1288WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Skwentna in Alaska on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: ak025dnijfwa. Unique identifier: ak025dnijfwa. Global time and date of event 24/10/25 / 2025-10-24 20:03:25 / October 24, 2025 @ 8:03 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.1 km (34 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:03:25 / 8:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -151.1288 West, latitude 61.8894 North, depth = 55.1 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Wasilla, Tanaina, Knik-Fairview (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -151.1288° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 61.8894° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km SE of Skwentna, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-24 20:03:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-24 20:09:52 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 21 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 318 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 ak025dnijfwa Id of event.
Event Code 025dnijfwa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak025dnijfwa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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