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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near La Pocatiere in Canada

Posted by admin on July 13, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 47.484S, -70.07WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from La Pocatiere in Canada. Exact location of event, depth 10.9 km, -70.07° West, 47.484° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.9 km (7 miles). Event id: us20002x1a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002x1a. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:17:38 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 04:17:38 / July 12, 2015 @ 4:17 am.

Close country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Montmagny, Rivière-du-Loup, Baie-Saint-Paul (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 55 km (34 miles) from Rivière-du-Loup (c. 18 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Montmagny (c. 11 700 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from La Malbaie (c. 9 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Baie-Saint-Paul (c. 7 300 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 15 km N of La Pocatiere, Canada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -70.07° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.484° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km N 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 2015-07-12 04:17:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-13 21:01:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 121 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 0.54 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 us20002x1a Id of event.
Event Code 20002x1a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002x1a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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