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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Sand Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on February 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 53.5473S, -160.0265WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 201 km S of Sand Point, Alaska (125 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/02/25 / 2025-02-25 15:59:07 / February 25, 2025 @ 3:59 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.321 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -160.0265 West, latitude 53.5473 North, depth = 2.321 km. The temblor was picked up at 15:59:07 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0252kvdn3s, us6000pvcz. Unique identifier: us6000pvcz.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 201 km S of Sand Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -160.0265° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.5473° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.321 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 201 km S of Sand Point, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-25 15:59:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-25 18:16:57 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 1 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 271 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.825 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 164 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 us6000pvcz Id of event.
Event Code 6000pvcz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0252kvdn3s,us6000pvcz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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