A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Banff in Canada on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -115.5563° West, 51.2261° North, depth 17.3 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/21 / 2021-02-14 01:33:10 / February 14, 2021 @ 1:33 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000dhih. Event ids that are associated: us6000dhih. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.3 km (11 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:33:10 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Cochrane (c. 16 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Canmore (c. 12 300 pop), 6 km (3 miles) from Banff (c. 7 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cochrane, Canmore, Banff (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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