Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Adak in Alaska

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 296 km W of Adak, Alaska (184 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 01:20:32 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 179.0917 East, latitude 52.2648 North, depth = 198.536 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 198.536 km (123 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rne4. Id of event: us6000rne4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/25 / 2025-11-15 01:20:32 / November 15, 2025 @ 1:20 am UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 296 km W of Adak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	179.0917° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	52.2648° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	198.536 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	296 km W of Adak, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-15 01:20:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-15 22:11:57	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		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	284	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	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.398	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.78 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	161	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rne4	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rne4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rne4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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