A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 45 km SW of Ucluelet, Canada (28 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 14:52:13 / April 4, 2018 @ 2:52 pm. Exact location of event, depth 29.22 km, -126.0078° West, 48.6608° North. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:52:13 / 6:52 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000de69. Event ids that are associated: uw61377196, us1000de69. The epicenter was at a depth of 29.22 km (18 miles).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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