A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Ferme-Neuve in Canada. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bx2j. Id of event: us1000bx2j. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.29 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -76.2872 West, latitude 47.0709 North, depth = 16.29 km. The temblor was reported at 03:51:13 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 08:51:13 / December 28, 2017 @ 8:51 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mont-Laurier. The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Mont-Laurier (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 76 km WNW of Ferme-Neuve, Canada.
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