A minor earthquake magnitude 3.28 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ormstown in Canada. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/01/20 / 2020-01-13 10:38:00 / January 13, 2020 @ 10:38 am. Exact location of event, longitude -73.9685 West, latitude 45.0103333 North, depth = 10.67 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.67 km (7 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006z44, ld60182606. Id of event: ld60182606. The temblor was picked up at 05:38:00 / 5:38 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Montréal (c. 3 268 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Laval (c. 376 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Longueuil (c. 229 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Terrebonne (c. 94 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Saint-Laurent (c. 77 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sainte-Julie, Terrebonne, Saint-Basile-le-Grand (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 has occurred nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km S of Ormstown, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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