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Minor earthquake, 3.9456982765805 mag has occurred near Yakutat in Alaska


Earthquake location 60.503772735596S, -139.84967041016WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9456982765805 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 106 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (66 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.9456982765805-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:43:46 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -139.84967041016° West, 60.503772735596° North, depth 5 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/12/25 / 2025-12-08 14:43:46 / December 8, 2025 @ 2:43 pm. Event id: ak2025ydbxtg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak2025ydbxtg.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-four, in the last 10 days two hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 106 km N of Yakutat, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9456982765805 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -139.84967041016° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 60.503772735596° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106 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 14:43:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-08 19:15:49 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 240 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.45577776432037 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 2.0340251348242 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49.036029815674 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 ak2025ydbxtg Id of event.
Event Code 2025ydbxtg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025ydbxtg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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