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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Port McNeill in Canada


Earthquake location 49.357S, -129.187WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 203 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada (126 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Unique identifier: at00sgi4i2. Ids that are associated to the event: at00sgi4i2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -129.187 West, latitude 49.357 North, depth = 11 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Port McNeill in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 12/07/24 / 2024-07-12 08:20:26 / July 12, 2024 @ 8:20 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 08:20:26 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirty-one, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 203 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -129.187° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.357° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 203 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-12 08:20:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-12 08:25:38 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 354 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.368682 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 241.199980704 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00sgi4i2 Id of event.
Event Code 00sgi4i2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sgi4i2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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