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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Anchor Point in Alaska

Posted by admin on March 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 59.7958S, -152.9372WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Anchor Point in Alaska on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 22:42:39 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/03/25 / 2025-03-06 22:42:39 / March 6, 2025 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: ak0252zva6il. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0252zva6il, at00ssq4f3. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.9372 West, latitude 59.7958 North, depth = 102.6 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Anchor Point in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.6 km (64 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Homer (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (49 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).

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

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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 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: 62 km W of Anchor Point, Alaska.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -152.9372° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 59.7958° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 102.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62 km W of Anchor 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 2025-03-06 22:42:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-06 22:47:20 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 1 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 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 246 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,at, 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 0.27 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 ak0252zva6il Id of event.
Event Code 0252zva6il An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0252zva6il,at00ssq4f3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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