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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Tofino in Canada


Earthquake location 48.924S, -128.575WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 196 km W of Tofino, Canada (122 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 16:15:17 / July 4, 2024 @ 4:15 pm. The temblor was reported at 16:15:17 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00sg3x5h. Id of event: at00sg3x5h. Exact location, longitude -128.575° West, latitude 48.924° North, depth = 48 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 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 196 km W of Tofino, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -128.575° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.924° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 196 km W 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 16:15:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-04 16:20:37 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 465 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 109 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.838676 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 147.599988192 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00sg3x5h Id of event.
Event Code 00sg3x5h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sg3x5h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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