A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 26 km WNW of Faro, Canada (16 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/20 / 2020-04-24 21:33:22 / April 24, 2020 @ 9:33 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -133.8221 West, latitude 62.3064 North, depth = 8.5 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:33:22 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: ak0205aji4tw. Unique identifier: ak0205aji4tw. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.5 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 26 km WNW of Faro, Canada.
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