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Moderate earthquake: M5.6090238266445 quake has struck near Yakutat in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 60.299457550049S, -139.59523010254WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6090238266445 (ml/mb) strikes 84 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (52 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 20:46:12 / December 6, 2025 @ 8:46 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:46:12 / 8:46 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak2025xzwmfv. Unique identifier: ak2025xzwmfv. Exact location of earthquake, -139.59523010254° West, 60.299457550049° North, depth 5 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 84 km N of Yakutat, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6090238266445 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.59523010254° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.299457550049° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 84 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 20:46:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-06 20:51:12 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 484 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.38666635751724 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2618576167083 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 207.55198669434 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 ak2025xzwmfv Id of event.
Event Code 2025xzwmfv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xzwmfv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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