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Minor earthquake: M3.4832974647805 quake has struck near Chiniak in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 56.266860961914S, -149.36239624023WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4832974647805 (ml/mb) was reported 232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska (144 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 06:10:53 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak2025xytlxu. Ids that are associated to the event: ak2025xytlxu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.6105723381042 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 06:10:53 / December 6, 2025 @ 6:10 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -149.36239624023 West, latitude 56.266860961914 North, depth = 6.6105723381042 km.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 232 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4832974647805 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -149.36239624023° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.266860961914° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.6105723381042 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 232 km SE of Chiniak, 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 06:10:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-06 06:44:55 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 187 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 76 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.3262155056 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.0437257812842 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 207.20132827759 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 ak2025xytlxu Id of event.
Event Code 2025xytlxu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xytlxu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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