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Light earthquake: M4.3231660027714 quake has struck near Yakutat in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 60.566757202148S, -139.83860778809WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3231660027714 (ml/mb) strikes 113 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (70 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:00:11 / 9:00 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 21:00:11 / December 6, 2025 @ 9:00 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak2025xzwyio. Id of event: ak2025xzwyio. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -139.83860778809 West, latitude 60.566757202148 North, depth = 5 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 113 km N of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3231660027714 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.83860778809° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.566757202148° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 113 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 21:00:11 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-06 21:54:30 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 288 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.51538193225861 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3469001728026 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50.56897354126 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 ak2025xzwyio Id of event.
Event Code 2025xzwyio An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xzwyio, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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