A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Rocky Mountain House in Canada. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jd6z. Id of event: us1000jd6z. The temblor was detected at 03:00:34 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/03/19 / 2019-03-10 10:00:34 / March 10, 2019 @ 10:00 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -114.9441° West, 52.7333° North.
Nearby country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Sylvan Lake (c. 10 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Lacombe (c. 10 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ponoka (c. 6 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Rocky Mountain House (c. 6 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Drayton Valley (c. 6 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ponoka, Lacombe, Sylvan Lake (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km N of Rocky Mountain House, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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