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Minor earthquake, 3.8553871611495 mag was detected near Yakutat in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.382633209229S, -139.5101776123WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8553871611495 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 93 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (58 miles). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -139.5101776123° West, 60.382633209229° North. The temblor was detected at 02:59:52 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/25 / 2025-12-07 02:59:52 / December 7, 2025 @ 2:59 am. Unique identifier: ak2025yaiweh. Ids that are associated to the event: ak2025yaiweh.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: 93 km N of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8553871611495 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.5101776123° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.382633209229° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 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 02:59:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-07 03:07:54 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 229 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 94 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.46895930171013 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.7277998044225 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56.877075195312 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 ak2025yaiweh Id of event.
Event Code 2025yaiweh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025yaiweh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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