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Minor earthquake, 3.4 mag has occurred near Ferme-Neuve in Canada

Posted by admin on April 22, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 46.6803S, -75.6085WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Ferme-Neuve in Canada. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:59:24 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dqct. Id of event: us1000dqct. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -75.6085 West, latitude 46.6803 North, depth = 18 km. Global time and date of event 17/04/18 / 2018-04-17 22:59:24 / April 17, 2018 @ 10:59 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mont-Laurier (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Mont-Laurier (c. 13 400 pop).

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 12 km W of Ferme-Neuve, Canada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.6085° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.6803° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km W of Ferme-Neuve, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-17 22:59:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-22 18:49:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 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 178 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 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 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000dqct Id of event.
Event Code 1000dqct An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dqct, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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