Minor earthquake: M3.4657620567307 quake has struck near Tyonek in Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4657620567307 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Tyonek in Alaska. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.305477142334 km (34 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 21:03:56 / December 6, 2025 @ 9:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -150.9905090332 West, latitude 60.962604522705 North, depth = 55.305477142334 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:03:56 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak2025xzxbnq. Ids that are associated to the event: ak2025xzxbnq.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 14 km SE of Tyonek, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.4657620567307 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-150.9905090332° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.962604522705° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.305477142334 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km SE of Tyonek, 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 21:03:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-06 21:05:44	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	automatic	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	185	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.21070472896099	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.80809766097201 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	44.565032958984	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	ak2025xzxbnq	Id of event.
Event Code	2025xzxbnq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak2025xzxbnq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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