A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 173 km W of Port Hardy, Canada (107 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -129.8704 West, latitude 50.7225 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:10:55 / 10:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/18 / 2018-01-14 19:10:55 / January 14, 2018 @ 7:10 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjjd. Id of event: us2000cjjd. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 173 km W of Port Hardy, Canada.
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