A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ferme-Neuve in Canada. Event id: us70009dfq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70009dfq. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -75.8839° West, 47.0243° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/05/20 / 2020-05-09 19:04:18 / May 9, 2020 @ 7:04 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 14:04:18 / 2:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Mont-Laurier (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mont-Laurier (min 5000 pop).
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 have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 48 km NW of Ferme-Neuve, Canada.
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