A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Nelson in Canada. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.49 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: uw61115271, mb80118159. Unique identifier: mb80118159. Exact location of event, longitude -116.8083333 West, latitude 49.4666667 North, depth = 13.49 km. The temblor was detected at 04:09:14 / 4:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/12/15 / 2015-12-31 12:09:14 / December 31, 2015 @ 12:09 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trail, Cranbrook, Castlegar. Nearby country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Cranbrook (c. 18 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Nelson (c. 9 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Trail (c. 9 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Castlegar (c. 8 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Kimberley (c. 6 500 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km E of Nelson, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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