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Light earthquake: M4 quake has struck near Atka in Alaska

Posted by admin on December 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.5937S, -175.1974WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 95 km SW of Atka, Alaska (59 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -175.1974 West, latitude 51.5937 North, depth = 45.284 km. The temblor was reported at 22:08:24 / 10:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak2025zmnlpv, us7000rl4l. Id of event: us7000rl4l. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 22:08:24 / December 27, 2025 @ 10:08 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.284 km (28 miles).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirteen 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 95 km SW of Atka, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -175.1974° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5937° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 45.284 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95 km SW of Atka, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-27 22:08:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-28 03:31:38 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 3.159 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 246 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 57 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.599 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 212 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000rl4l Id of event.
Event Code 7000rl4l An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak2025zmnlpv,us7000rl4l, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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