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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Tofino in Canada

Posted by admin on July 4, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 48.7243S, -129.1074WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 239 km WSW of Tofino, Canada (149 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00sg418b, us7000mx40. Id of event: us7000mx40. The temblor was reported at 17:43:17 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 17:43:17 / July 4, 2024 @ 5:43 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -129.1074 West, latitude 48.7243 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tofino in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 239 km WSW of Tofino, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -129.1074° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.7243° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 239 km WSW of Tofino, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-04 17:43:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-04 18:00:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 284 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 ,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.801 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 152 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 us7000mx40 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx40 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sg418b,us7000mx40, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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