A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 188 km W of Port Hardy, Canada (117 miles) on Wednesday. All ids that are associated to the event: at00pmw49x, usd0009e9t. Unique identifier: usd0009e9t. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:34:44 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/19 / 2019-02-14 00:34:44 / February 14, 2019 @ 12:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Port Hardy in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -130.0825 West, latitude 50.6622 North, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 188 km W of Port Hardy, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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