A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 73 km SE of Atka, Alaska (45 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Unique identifier: us6000r1qk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1qk. Exact location of earthquake, -173.4637° West, 51.7146° North, depth 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 14:46:30 / August 17, 2025 @ 2:46 pm. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:46:30 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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: 73 km SE of Atka, Alaska.

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