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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Fort McPherson in Canada

Posted by admin on February 29, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 66.4046S, -135.4839WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 118 km SSW of Fort McPherson, Canada (73 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 00:19:31 / February 29, 2016 @ 12:19 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -135.4839 West, latitude 66.4046 North, depth = 6.5 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.5 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:19:31 / 4:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak12914022. Id of event: ak12914022.

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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 118 km SSW of Fort McPherson, Canada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -135.4839° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 66.4046° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 118km SSW of Fort McPherson, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-02-29 00:19:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-02-29 02:40:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 246 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak12914022 Id of event.
Event Code 12914022 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak12914022, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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