A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Pembroke in Canada. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.94 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -77.1771 West, latitude 45.7273 North, depth = 10.94 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/10/15 / 2015-10-20 23:34:51 / October 20, 2015 @ 11:34 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:34:51 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003q3y. Id of event: us10003q3y.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arnprior, Renfrew, Petawawa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 20 km (13 miles) from Petawawa (c. 16 000 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Pembroke (c. 15 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Arnprior (c. 9 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Renfrew (c. 8 000 pop). Close country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SSW of Pembroke, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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Jen Kitty Peterson
I’m in Pembroke, I was chatting with friends on Facebook when the quake occurred. Long rumble, and an explosion like loud sound. Whislt I was reporting that, another one occurred shortly after, same rumble and sound. Two hours later there was an aftershock, but mainly rumbling.