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Strong earthquake, 6.8393074267169 mag strikes near Yakutat in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 60.389801025391S, -139.30606079102WA earthquake magnitude 6.8393074267169 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 96 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska (60 miles). Unique identifier: ak2025xzwiky. Ids that are associated to the event: ak2025xzwiky. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 20:41:48 / December 6, 2025 @ 8:41 pm. Exact location, longitude -139.30606079102° West, latitude 60.389801025391° North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:41:48 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 96 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8393074267169 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.30606079102° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.389801025391° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 96 km NNE 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 20:41:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-06 20:47:45 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 720 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 285 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.55664682388306 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4524708180048 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88.506759643555 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 ak2025xzwiky Id of event.
Event Code 2025xzwiky An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xzwiky, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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