A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 77 km SE of Atka, Alaska (48 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -173.5081° West, latitude 51.6477° North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:47:25 / 5:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 05:47:25 / August 4, 2025 @ 5:47 am. Unique identifier: us6000qy06. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0259xbc9mh, us6000qy06.

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 five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 77 km SE of Atka, Alaska.

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