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Strong earthquake, 6.4 mag has occurred near Tofino in Canada


Earthquake location 48.8127S, -128.7254WA earthquake with magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 209 km WSW of Tofino, Canada (130 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:08:47 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mykj. Event ids that are associated: ew1720710590, us7000mykj, pt24193001. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 15:08:47 / July 11, 2024 @ 3:08 pm UTC/GMT. 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 -128.7254 West, latitude 48.8127 North, depth = 10 km.

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 struck near.

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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. 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: 209 km WSW of Tofino, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -128.7254° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.8127° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 209 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 2024-07-11 15:08:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-11 15:28:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 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 631 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 ,ew,us,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 60 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.869 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.18 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us7000mykj Id of event.
Event Code 7000mykj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1720710590,us7000mykj,pt24193001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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