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Moderate earthquake, 5.7 mag has occurred near Tofino in Canada


Earthquake location 48.6926S, -129.0027WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 232 km WSW of Tofino, Canada (144 miles). Event id: us7000mx3m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00sg3x5h, us7000mx3m. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tofino in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/24 / 2024-07-04 16:15:08 / July 4, 2024 @ 4:15 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -129.0027° West, 48.6926° North, depth 10 km. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:15:08 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 232 km WSW of Tofino, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -129.0027° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.6926° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 232 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 16:15:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-04 16:35:09 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 500 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.772 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us7000mx3m Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx3m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sg3x5h,us7000mx3m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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