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FEMA Deadline for Disaster Assistance is Two Weeks Away

Published: 8 December 2025
Categories: FEMA News

RSS feed source: Federal Emergency Management Agency

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The deadline to apply for federal help is rapidly approaching for Alaskans who suffered losses in areas affected by the severe storms, flooding and remnants of Typhoon Halong Oct. 8-13, 2025.

You have until Dec. 22 to apply for help from FEMA. That is just two weeks away. 

Ways to apply: 

Call the dedicated Alaska Call Center at 1-866-342-1699. It is open 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Yup’ik interpreters are available 1-5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Register on DisasterAssistance.gov.Get the FEMA App and submit your application directly through the app.

Survivors are encouraged to register for both State and FEMA Individual Assistance programs to maximize their recovery benefits.

To apply for state Individual Assistance, visit www.ready.alaska.gov/ia or call 1-844-445-7131. The deadline for that program is Jan. 8. 

To apply for a physical damage low-interest loan with the Small Business Administration, visit sba.gov/disaster, contact by email at [email protected] or call 1-800-659-2955 for information. SBA offers disaster loans to homeowners, renters, businesses and nonprofits. The deadline to apply is Dec. 22.

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Follow FEMA Region 10 on X and LinkedIn for the latest updates and visit FEMA.gov for more information.

FEMA’s mission is helping people before, during, and after disasters.

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Strong mag. 5.1 earthquake – Hokkaido, Japan Region, on Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025, at 07:07 am (GMT +9)

Published: 8 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: Federal Emergency Management Agency

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Significant 6.4 quake hits near Hachinohe, Hachinohe Shi, Aomori, Japan

Published: 8 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Monday, Dec 8, 2025 22:04 | 16 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

Japan was shaken near Hachinohe, Hachinohe Shi, Aomori, by an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 only 10 minutes ago, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 18. km beneath the epicenter near Hachinohe, Hachinohe Shi, Aomori, Japan, in the morning on Tuesday, December 9th, 2025, at 7:52 am local time. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from Geoscience Australia (GeoAu) which listed the quake at magnitude 6.6. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake at magnitude 6.1, France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 6.5, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 6.1.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should

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