A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Ucluelet in Canada. Exact location of earthquake, -125.4085° West, 48.8881667° North, depth 4.83 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/06/18 / 2018-06-03 14:26:38 / June 3, 2018 @ 2:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.83 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: uw61395776. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61395776. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:26:38 / 6:26 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port Alberni (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Port Alberni (c. 21 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 11 km ESE of Ucluelet, Canada.
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