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Minor earthquake, 3.8734127055452 mag strikes near Yakutat in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.44376373291S, -139.86004638672WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8734127055452 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 100 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (62 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:50:46 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.15935195982456 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak2025yaapnb. Id of event: ak2025yaapnb. Exact location, longitude -139.86004638672° West, latitude 60.44376373291° North, depth = 0.15935195982456 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 22:50:46 / December 6, 2025 @ 10:50 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty, in the last 10 days eighty, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 100 km N of Yakutat, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8734127055452 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.86004638672° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.44376373291° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.15935195982456 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 100 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 2025-12-06 22:50:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-07 00:38:54 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 231 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.40011948347092 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.745320320915 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47.532730102539 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 ak2025yaapnb Id of event.
Event Code 2025yaapnb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025yaapnb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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