A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes Vancouver Island, Canada region (0 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -130.9642° West, 50.9452° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/19 / 2019-07-05 13:02:18 / July 5, 2019 @ 1:02 pm. The temblor was detected at 13:02:18 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70004b0c. Unique identifier: us70004b0c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: Vancouver Island, Canada region.
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