A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 193 km WSW of Port Hardy, Canada (120 miles) on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -130.0769° West, 50.3153° North, depth 8.34 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.34 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:26:58 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Port Hardy in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70003adv. Ids that are associated to the event: at00pqdq51, us70003adv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/19 / 2019-04-22 20:26:58 / April 22, 2019 @ 8:26 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 193 km WSW of Port Hardy, Canada.
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