Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Minor World Earthquakes Magnitude -3.9

Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 17 km NNW of La Pocatiere, Canada


Earthquake location 47.478S, -70.187WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (mg/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from La Pocatiere in Canada. The temblor was reported at 07:16:46 / 7:16 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 11.6 km (7 miles). Global time of event 21/04/15 / 2015-04-21 11:16:46 / April 21, 2015 @ 11:16 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -70.187 West, latitude 47.478 North, depth 11.6 km, unique identifier, us2000289u.

Close countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Rivière-du-Loup (c. 18 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Montmagny (c. 11 700 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from La Malbaie (c. 9 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Baie-Saint-Paul (c. 7 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Montmagny, Rivière-du-Loup, Baie-Saint-Paul.

Did you feel it?

Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded in: 17 km NNW of La Pocatiere, Canada.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.187° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.478° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17km NNW 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 2015-04-21 11:16:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-04-22 02:50:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 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 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 129 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 0.57 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 us2000289u Id of event.
Event Code 2000289u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000289u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply