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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Tofino in Canada


Earthquake location 48.9111S, -128.4452WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 187 km W of Tofino, Canada (116 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tofino in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -128.4452 West, latitude 48.9111 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 16:17:21 / July 11, 2024 @ 4:17 pm. Event id: us7000mym7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00sggvx6, us7000mym7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:17:21 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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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: 187 km W of Tofino, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -128.4452° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.9111° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 187 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 2024-07-11 16:17:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-11 16:37:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.361 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 449 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.743 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 104 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 us7000mym7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mym7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sggvx6,us7000mym7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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