A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from La Pocatiere in Canada. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -70.0837 West, latitude 47.391 North, depth = 9.52 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002m6v. Unique identifier: us10002m6v. The temblor was picked up at 05:15:03 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.52 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/15 / 2015-06-28 09:15:03 / June 28, 2015 @ 9:15 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Rivière-du-Loup (c. 18 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Montmagny (c. 11 700 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from La Malbaie (c. 9 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Baie-Saint-Paul (c. 7 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rivière-du-Loup, Montmagny, Baie-Saint-Paul (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km NNW of La Pocatiere, Canada.
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