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USGS records magnitude 4.6 quake 82 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska
The U.S. Geological Survey listed a reviewed magnitude 4.6 earthquake 82 kilometers south-southeast of Akutan, Alaska, at 3:44 a.m. EDT Sunday, with no tsunami flag.
- New headline Was: “USGS records magnitude 4.5 quake 89 km SSE of Akutan, Alaska”
- Our desk updated its story
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake south-southeast of Akutan, Alaska, at 7:44 a.m. UTC Sunday (3:44 a.m. EDT), listing the same event under Alaska Earthquake Center and National Earthquake Information Center origins1.
The NEIC origin, event us6000u4t8, listed a reviewed magnitude 4.6 (mb) at 35.1 kilometers depth, near 53.4937 degrees north and 165.1559 degrees west, 82 kilometers south-southeast of Akutan.
An earlier Alaska Earthquake Center origin, aka2026vddzqy, listed magnitude 4.5 (ml) at 0.0 kilometers depth, 89 kilometers south-southeast of Akutan, at 7:44:29 UTC1. USGS grouped both identifiers on the same event page.
The NEIC summary showed tsunami flag 0, no PAGER alert color, and no felt-report count. The survey did not report damage, injuries or a tsunami warning in that origin summary1.