A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Baie-Comeau in Canada on Friday. Event id: us2000b2dh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000b2dh. Exact location of event, depth 22 km, -67.92° West, 49.06° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/17 / 2017-10-06 06:16:43 / October 6, 2017 @ 6:16 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:16:43 / 1:16 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rimouski, Amqui, Mont-Joli (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Rimouski (c. 42 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Baie-Comeau (c. 29 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Matane (c. 14 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Mont-Joli (c. 6 600 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Amqui (c. 6 300 pop).
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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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