Minor earthquake 3.5 mag, 21 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Sterling in Alaska on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 19:56:51 / February 6, 2025 @ 7:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -150.3938° West, 60.6057° North, depth 40.2 km. The temblor was reported at 19:56:51 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak0251pij6tf. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0251pij6tf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.2 km (25 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Elmendorf Air Force Base, Anchorage, Kalifornsky. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Elmendorf Air Force Base (c. 6 600 pop), 22 km (13 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 21 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-150.3938° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	60.6057° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	40.2 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km ENE of Sterling, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-06 19:56:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-06 20:01:22	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	189	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		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.49 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		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	ak0251pij6tf	Id of event.
Event Code	0251pij6tf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0251pij6tf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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