A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) strikes 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Princeton in Canada on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61194066. Id of event: uw61194066. The temblor was detected at 17:52:07 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -120.541° West, 49.0836667° North, depth 2.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.54 km (2 miles). Global time and date of event 15/08/16 / 2016-08-15 00:52:07 / August 15, 2016 @ 12:52 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Penticton (c. 37 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Penticton.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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