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Moderate earthquake: M5.4428420399703 quake has struck near Nikolski in Alaska


Earthquake location 52.89013671875S, -167.87741088867WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4428420399703 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 66 km E of Nikolski, Alaska (41 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/25 / 2025-11-25 17:16:20 / November 25, 2025 @ 5:16 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -167.87741088867 West, latitude 52.89013671875 North, depth = 51.884223937988 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.884223937988 km (32 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:16:20 / 5:16 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak2025xfknuk. Ids that are associated to the event: ak2025xfknuk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 66 km E of Nikolski, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4428420399703 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -167.87741088867° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 52.89013671875° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 51.884223937988 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km E of Nikolski, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-25 17:16:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-25 17:31:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 457 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 186 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.49768751859665 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2769064795446 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 197.16335296631 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 ak2025xfknuk Id of event.
Event Code 2025xfknuk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xfknuk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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