Earthquake: M 3.7 quake strikes near La Pocatiere in Canada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (mg/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from La Pocatiere in Canada. The temblor was reported at 12:31:59 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 14.5 km (9 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-21 05:31:59 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -70.217 West, latitude 47.371 North, depth 14.5 km.

Close countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Rivière-du-Loup (c. 18 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Montmagny (c. 11 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from La Malbaie (c. 9 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Baie-Saint-Paul (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rivière-du-Loup, Montmagny, La Malbaie.

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Baie-Saint-Paul Canada La Malbaie La Pocatiere Montmagny Rivière-du-Loup

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-70.217° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.371° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km WNW of La Pocatiere, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-01-21 05:31:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-01-22 06:03:27	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.13	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	211	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	us	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb_lg	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	usc000ti4g	Id of event.
Event Code	c000ti4g	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	usc000ti4g	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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