Light earthquake, 4.3036209494248 mag was detected near Yakutat in Alaska

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3036209494248 (ml/mb) strikes 97 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (60 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The 4.3036209494248-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:22:23 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: ak2025ycbjdp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak2025ycbjdp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/25 / 2025-12-08 01:22:23 / December 8, 2025 @ 1:22 am. Exact location, longitude -139.39587402344° West, latitude 60.406467437744° North, depth = 5 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-five, in the last 10 days two hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 97 km N of Yakutat, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3036209494248 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-139.39587402344° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.406467437744° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	97 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	2025-12-08 01:22:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-08 01:30:54	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	285	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	0.52878230810165	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.7423566861016 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	115.3943862915	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	ak2025ycbjdp	Id of event.
Event Code	2025ycbjdp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak2025ycbjdp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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