Light earthquake 4.6128712828147 mag, 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6128712828147 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (69 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/12/25 / 2025-12-07 16:56:31 / December 7, 2025 @ 4:56 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 12.021059989929 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -139.79002380371 West, latitude 60.54759979248 North, depth = 12.021059989929 km. The 4.6128712828147-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:56:31 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00t6wse4, ak2025ybkpei. Id of event: ak2025ybkpei. A tsunami warning has been issued near Yakutat in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 111 km N of Yakutat, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6128712828147 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-139.79002380371° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.54759979248° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.021059989929 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	111 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	2025-12-07 16:56:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-07 17:04:02	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	1	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	327	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	,at,ak,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	150	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.50832241773605	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.8144571625039 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	51.259637832642	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	ak2025ybkpei	Id of event.
Event Code	2025ybkpei	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00t6wse4,ak2025ybkpei,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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