A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Nackawic in Canada on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/02/16 / 2016-02-09 00:24:57 / February 9, 2016 @ 12:24 am. Event id: us20004z2l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004z2l. The temblor was reported at 20:24:57 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, depth 1 km, -67.35° West, 45.605° North.
The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Fredericton (c. 52 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Oromocto (c. 9 000 pop). Close country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oromocto, Fredericton.
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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