Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Lazy Mountain in Alaska

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Lazy Mountain in Alaska. Exact location of earthquake, -148.7871° West, 61.6734° North, depth 36 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak0253pzd7rj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0253pzd7rj. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:40:45 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/03/25 / 2025-03-22 01:40:45 / March 22, 2025 @ 1:40 am.

Event epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Anchorage (c. 291 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Eagle River (c. 24 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Knik-Fairview (c. 14 900 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Lakes (c. 8 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tanaina (c. 8 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anchorage, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Eagle River.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km ENE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-148.7871° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	61.6734° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	36 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km ENE of Lazy Mountain, Alaska	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-22 01:40:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-22 01:44:03	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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		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	0.14 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	ak0253pzd7rj	Id of event.
Event Code	0253pzd7rj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak0253pzd7rj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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