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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Tofino in Canada

Posted by admin on July 11, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 49.149S, -127.968WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 150 km W of Tofino, Canada (93 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:17:30 / 4:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -127.968 West, latitude 49.149 North, depth = 12 km. Global time and date of event 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 16:17:30 / July 11, 2024 @ 4:17 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tofino in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00sggvx6. Id of event: at00sggvx6.

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

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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: 150 km W of Tofino, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -127.968° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.149° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 150 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 16:17:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-11 16:23:42 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 385 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 101 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143.99998848 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 at00sggvx6 Id of event.
Event Code 00sggvx6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sggvx6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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