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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Banff in Canada


Earthquake location 51.2261S, -115.5563WA 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km N of Banff, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -115.5563° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.2261° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km N of Banff, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-14 01:33:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-14 01:54:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 300 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.206 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000dhih Id of event.
Event Code 6000dhih An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dhih, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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