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Light earthquake, 4.7404824127499 mag was detected near Yakutat in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 60.36990737915S, -139.44429016113WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7404824127499 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 93 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (58 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -139.44429016113° West, 60.36990737915° North, depth 0.56508827209473 km. Global time and date of event 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 20:56:03 / December 6, 2025 @ 8:56 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: ak2025xzwusa. Event ids that are associated: ak2025xzwusa. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.56508827209473 km (0 miles). The 4.7404824127499-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:56:03 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 93 km N of Yakutat, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7404824127499 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.44429016113° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.36990737915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.56508827209473 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 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 20:56:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-06 21:46:01 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 346 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.48808577656746 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 2.003821461819 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81.299602508545 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 ak2025xzwusa Id of event.
Event Code 2025xzwusa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xzwusa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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