A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 227 km WSW of Bella Bella, Canada (141 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 06:02:42 / November 22, 2015 @ 6:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -131.246 West, latitude 51.521 North, depth = 13 km. The temblor was reported at 21:02:42 / 9:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Bella Bella in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13 km (8 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: at00ny7csi. Unique identifier: at00ny7csi.
There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 227 km WSW of Bella Bella, Canada.
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