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Light earthquake, 4.8997101640654 mag strikes near Point MacKenzie in Alaska

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8997101640654 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Point MacKenzie in Alaska. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/11/25 / 2025-11-22 15:36:58 / November 22, 2025 @ 3:36 pm. Event id: ak2025wzublq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak2025wzublq. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:36:58 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 45.144660949707 km (28 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -150.33790588379° West, 61.371227264404° North, depth 45.144660949707 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sterling, Palmer, Gateway (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Wasilla (c. 7 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Meadow Lakes (c. 7 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8997101640654 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-150.33790588379° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.371227264404° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	45.144660949707 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km W of Point MacKenzie, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-22 15:36:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-22 15:44:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	12	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	374	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	36	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.23683021962643	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.60014060492343 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68.489280700684	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	ak2025wzublq	Id of event.
Event Code	2025wzublq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak2025wzublq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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