Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag was detected near Massena in New York

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Massena in New York. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/18 / 2018-03-21 04:59:14 / March 21, 2018 @ 4:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.03 km (0 miles). The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:59:14 / 11:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: ld60148906. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ld60148906. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.6318359 West, latitude 44.7885017 North, depth = 0.03 km.

Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Cornwall (c. 48 800 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (c. 38 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ogdensburg (c. 11 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Massena (c. 10 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Les Coteaux (c. 10 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ogdensburg, Saranac Lake, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 25 km SE of Massena, New York.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.87 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-74.6318359° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	44.7885017° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.03 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25km SE of Massena, New York	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-03-21 04:59:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-03-21 05:11:31	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	7	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	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	129	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ld	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ld,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1029	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.39 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	111	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ld60148906	Id of event.
Event Code	60148906	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ld60148906,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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