A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 77 km SSE of Atka, Alaska (48 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:47:08 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 15:47:08 / August 31, 2025 @ 3:47 pm. Unique identifier: us7000qsty. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qsty. Exact location of event, longitude -173.9222 West, latitude 51.5238 North, depth = 35 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 77 km SSE of Atka, Alaska.

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