Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag was detected near Tofino in Canada

A earthquake magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 219 km WSW of Tofino, Canada (136 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -128.838 West, latitude 48.757 North, depth = 8 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Event id: ew1720710590. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1720710590. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 15:08:44 / July 11, 2024 @ 3:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:08:44 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter).

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. 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 occurred nearby.

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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: 219 km WSW of Tofino, Canada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-128.838° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.757° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	219 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 15:08:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-11 15:14:34	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	2	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	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	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	650	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ew	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	13	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ew1720710590	Id of event.
Event Code	1720710590	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1720710590,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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