Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag was detected near Fort McPherson in Canada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 139 km S of Fort McPherson, Canada (86 miles). Exact location of event, depth 20.65 km, -135.3734° West, 66.2061° North. The temblor was reported at 04:20:26 / 4:20 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/07/15 / 2015-07-12 11:20:26 / July 12, 2015 @ 11:20 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.65 km (13 miles). Event id: us20002wxi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak11645164, us20002wxi.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 139 km S of Fort McPherson, Canada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-135.3734° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	66.2061° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	20.65 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	139km S of Fort McPherson, 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 11:20:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-07-25 08:49:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	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	168	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	,ak,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	0.568	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	111	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20002wxi	Id of event.
Event Code	20002wxi	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak11645164,us20002wxi,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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