Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Point Possession in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Point Possession in Alaska. Exact location of event, longitude -150.565 West, latitude 60.881 North, depth = 61.3 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.3 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:45:12 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/12/25 / 2025-12-22 22:45:12 / December 22, 2025 @ 10:45 pm. Unique identifier: ak2025zdkavy. Ids that are associated to the event: ak2025zdkavy.

Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Eagle River, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 8 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-150.565° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.881° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	61.3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km SE of Point Possession, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-12-22 22:45:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-12-22 22:51:12	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	168	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	100	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	29	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	ak2025zdkavy	Id of event.
Event Code	2025zdkavy	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak2025zdkavy,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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