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Light earthquake, 4.1111609710551 mag has occurred near Yakutat in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.534908294678S, -139.9899597168WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1111609710551 (ml/mb) was reported 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (69 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 21:08:28 / 9:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -139.9899597168 West, latitude 60.534908294678 North, depth = 2.2955718040466 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.2955718040466 km (1 miles). Global time and date of event 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 21:08:28 / December 6, 2025 @ 9:08 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak2025xzxfld. Event ids that are associated: ak2025xzxfld.

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

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1111609710551 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.9899597168° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.534908294678° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.2955718040466 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-06 21:08:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-06 22:04:23 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 260 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.4594778418541 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 2.0157774316629 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85.592651367188 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 ak2025xzxfld Id of event.
Event Code 2025xzxfld An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xzxfld, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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