Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 139 km NNW of Clyde River, Canada

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 139 km NNW of Clyde River, Canada (86 miles). Exact location of event, depth 14.93 km, -69.5393° West, 71.6789° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/08/16 / 2016-08-26 17:54:49 / August 26, 2016 @ 5:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:54:49 / 12:54 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20006ubj. Ids that are associated to the event: us20006ubj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.93 km (9 miles).

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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 139 km NNW of Clyde River, Canada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-69.5393° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	71.6789° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.93 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	139km NNW of Clyde River, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-26 17:54:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-26 18:12:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	312	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	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	6.65	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.37 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us20006ubj	Id of event.
Event Code	20006ubj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20006ubj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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