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Light earthquake, 4.9608203182856 mag strikes near Yakutat in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 7, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 60.412162780762S, -139.35250854492WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9608203182856 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 98 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska (61 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -139.35250854492 West, latitude 60.412162780762 North, depth = 1.8936140537262 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 20:48:00 / December 6, 2025 @ 8:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9608203182856-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:48:00 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak2025xzwnum. Unique identifier: ak2025xzwnum. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.8936140537262 km (1 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and seven, in the last 10 days two hundred and seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 98 km NNE of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9608203182856 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.35250854492° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.412162780762° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.8936140537262 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98 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 20:48:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-07 22:20:23 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 379 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.5496501326561 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78471013211201 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85.60945892334 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 ak2025xzwnum Id of event.
Event Code 2025xzwnum An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xzwnum, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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