A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Red Deer in Canada on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:55:16 / 5:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/03/19 / 2019-03-04 12:55:16 / March 4, 2019 @ 12:55 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jabg. Id of event: us1000jabg. Exact location of event, longitude -113.9428 West, latitude 52.2924 North, depth = 5 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stettler, Rocky Mountain House, Olds (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 10 km (6 miles) from Red Deer (c. 73 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Sylvan Lake (c. 10 500 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Lacombe (c. 10 100 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Olds (c. 6 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Ponoka (c. 6 700 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 10 km WNW of Red Deer, Canada.
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