A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Fox River in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -150.2631° West, 59.6251° North, depth 20.2 km. Global time and date of event 30/10/25 / 2025-10-30 17:33:13 / October 30, 2025 @ 5:33 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak025dxe5mlz. Ids that are associated to the event: ak025dxe5mlz, at00t4ygrd. The epicenter was at a depth of 20.2 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Fox River in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:33:13 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kalifornsky, Homer (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 105 km (65 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km SE of Fox River, Alaska.
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