A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 97 km N of Yakutat, Alaska (60 miles) on Sunday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:50:49 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Yakutat in Alaska (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 1 km, -139.933° West, 60.416° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/12/25 / 2025-12-28 18:50:49 / December 28, 2025 @ 6:50 pm. Event id: at00t7ztop. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00t7ztop, ak2025zocqdp.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days five hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 97 km N of Yakutat, Alaska.

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