A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 178 km W of Port Hardy, Canada (111 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -129.9196 West, latitude 50.5164 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10007v7h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007v7h. The temblor was reported at 18:11:57 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/01/17 / 2017-01-07 03:11:57 / January 7, 2017 @ 3:11 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 178 km W of Port Hardy, Canada.
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