A minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Val-des-Monts in Canada. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.09 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -75.5656667 West, latitude 45.9541667 North, depth = 3.09 km. The temblor was reported at 03:37:51 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 07:37:51 / August 5, 2015 @ 7:37 am. Unique identifier: ld60098246. Ids that are associated to the event: ld60098246.
Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Ottawa (c. 812 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Gatineau (c. 242 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Clarence-Rockland (c. 20 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mont-Laurier (c. 13 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bells Corners (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mont-Tremblant, Bells Corners, Mont-Laurier (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 34 km NNE of Val-des-Monts, Canada.
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