Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag was detected near Sand Point in Alaska

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Earthquake location 54.2533S, -159.4325W A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska (86 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:04:51 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/09/25 / 2025-09-16 13:04:51 / September 16, 2025 @ 1:04 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000qwgm. Event ids that are associated: us7000qwgm, ak025bwjyi21. Exact location of earthquake, -159.4325° West, 54.2533° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 138 km SSE of Sand Point, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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