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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Chiniak in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 56.325S, -148.668WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska (163 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 23:35:26 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Chiniak in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -148.668 West, latitude 56.325 North, depth = 20 km. Event id: at00t7dyv2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00t7dyv2, ak2025yslivi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/25 / 2025-12-16 23:35:26 / December 16, 2025 @ 11:35 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -148.668° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.325° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 262 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-16 23:35:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-16 23:40:22 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 0 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 1 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 385 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.588046 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176.399985888 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 at00t7dyv2 Id of event.
Event Code 00t7dyv2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00t7dyv2,ak2025yslivi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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