A 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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