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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag strikes near Yakutat in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.6309S, -139.9097WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (75 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -139.9097 West, latitude 60.6309 North, depth = 5.485 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/12/25 / 2025-12-06 21:14:15 / December 6, 2025 @ 9:14 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 21:14:15 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000rtal. Event ids that are associated: ak2025xzxkks, us6000rtal. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.485 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and sixty-two, in the last 10 days two hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 121 km N of Yakutat, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.9097° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.6309° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.485 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121 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 21:14:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-08 06:28:11 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 188 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.563 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us6000rtal Id of event.
Event Code 6000rtal An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025xzxkks,us6000rtal, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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