A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 127 km S of Port Hardy, Canada (79 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -127.6258 West, latitude 49.5585 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Port Hardy in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70009dld. Ids that are associated to the event: at00qa3mks, us70009dld. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:46:01 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/20 / 2020-05-10 04:46:01 / May 10, 2020 @ 4:46 am.
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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 127 km S of Port Hardy, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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