A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Victoria in Canada. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -123.335 West, latitude 48.644 North, depth = 42 km. Event id: at00o05ult. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o05ult. The temblor was picked up at 23:39:29 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Victoria in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/15 / 2015-12-30 07:39:29 / December 30, 2015 @ 7:39 am.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulalip, Sechelt, Abbotsford (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Richmond (c. 182 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Abbotsford (c. 151 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 23 km N of Victoria, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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