A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 133 km SW of Point Hope, Alaska (83 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -168.7395 West, latitude 67.4147 North, depth = 21.7 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.7 km (13 miles). The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:30:55 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/08/25 / 2025-08-08 04:30:55 / August 8, 2025 @ 4:30 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: ak025a3wsmeu. Ids that are associated to the event: ak025a3wsmeu.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. 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: 133 km SW of Point Hope, Alaska.

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