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Light earthquake, 4.1632176975603 mag has occurred near Yakutat in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.341041564941S, -139.45086669922WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1632176975603 (ml/mb) was reported 89 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (55 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -139.45086669922 West, latitude 60.341041564941 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:49:24 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 21:49:24 / December 6, 2025 @ 9:49 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: ak2025xzymcz. Unique identifier: ak2025xzymcz.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 89 km N of Yakutat, Alaska.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1632176975603 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.45086669922° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.341041564941° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 89 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 21:49:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-06 21:53:19 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 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 267 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 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.46972861886024 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.204039178938 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97.904113769531 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 ak2025xzymcz Id of event.
Event Code 2025xzymcz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xzymcz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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