Minor earthquake: M3.6596066716026 quake has struck near Adak in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6596066716026 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 256 km W of Adak, Alaska (159 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 179.64653015137° East, 51.866725921631° North, depth 130.13310241699 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak2025xqdest. Id of event: ak2025xqdest. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/12/25 / 2025-12-01 13:32:25 / December 1, 2025 @ 1:32 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 130.13310241699 km (81 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:32:25 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 256 km W of Adak, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6596066716026 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	179.64653015137° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.866725921631° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	130.13310241699 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	256 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	2025-12-01 13:32:25	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-01 17:02:57	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	206	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.045078601688147	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73261748120523 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	108.28620910645	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	ak2025xqdest	Id of event.
Event Code	2025xqdest	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak2025xqdest,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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