A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Ninilchik in Alaska on Saturday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Ninilchik in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:54:53 / 7:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ak0255c5z643. Ids that are associated to the event: at00svccnh, ak0255c5z643. Global time and date of event 26/04/25 / 2025-04-26 19:54:53 / April 26, 2025 @ 7:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -151.6942 West, latitude 60.0398 North, depth = 55.5 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.5 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Sterling (c. 5 600 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sterling, Kenai, Kalifornsky (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 1 km SW of Ninilchik, Alaska.
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