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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Fort McPherson in Canada


Earthquake location 65.4953S, -134.0497WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 219 km S of Fort McPherson, Canada (136 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000buxc. Id of event: us1000buxc. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.72 km (1 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:00:12 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/12/17 / 2017-12-22 08:00:12 / December 22, 2017 @ 8:00 am. Exact location of event, longitude -134.0497 West, latitude 65.4953 North, depth = 1.72 km.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 219 km S of Fort McPherson, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -134.0497° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 65.4953° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 219km S 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 2017-12-22 08:00:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-22 08:17:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 385 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 1.403 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 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 mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000buxc Id of event.
Event Code 1000buxc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000buxc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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