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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Port McNeill in Canada

Posted by admin on May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 50.1941S, -129.9152WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 205 km WSW of Port McNeill, Canada (127 miles). Exact location of event, depth 4.987 km, -129.9152° West, 50.1941° North. The temblor was picked up at 21:46:14 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000mcrx. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mcrx, at00sc3wh5. A tsunami warning has been issued near Port McNeill in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.987 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/04/24 / 2024-04-17 21:46:14 / April 17, 2024 @ 9:46 pm.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 205 km WSW of Port McNeill, Canada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -129.9152° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.1941° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.987 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 205 km WSW of Port McNeill, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-17 21:46:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 00:15:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 1 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 371 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,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 149 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.224 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mcrx Id of event.
Event Code 7000mcrx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mcrx,at00sc3wh5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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