A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Happy Valley in Alaska on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -152.4821 West, latitude 60.0219 North, depth = 100.7 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/25 / 2025-07-05 18:15:06 / July 5, 2025 @ 6:15 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 100.7 km (63 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: ak0258jwrkyq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak0258jwrkyq, at00syxup7. The temblor was reported at 18:15:06 / 6:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Happy Valley in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kenai, Kalifornsky, Homer. Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Kalifornsky (c. 7 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kenai (c. 7 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Homer (c. 5 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 42 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska.

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