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Light earthquake: M4.0983362342027 quake has struck near Yakutat in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.470993041992S, -139.90368652344WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.0983362342027 (ml/mb) was reported 103 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (64 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.0983362342027-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:13:17 / 10:13 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.2488911151886 km (1 miles). Event id: ak2025yaxfqu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak2025yaxfqu. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/25 / 2025-12-07 10:13:17 / December 7, 2025 @ 10:13 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -139.90368652344 West, latitude 60.470993041992 North, depth = 2.2488911151886 km.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 103 km N of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.0983362342027 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.90368652344° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.470993041992° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.2488911151886 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 103 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 10:13:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-07 10:26:39 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 258 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 81 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.41455346345901 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.8472445252078 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49.332489013672 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 ak2025yaxfqu Id of event.
Event Code 2025yaxfqu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025yaxfqu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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