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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Tofino in Canada


Earthquake location 49.058S, -128.538WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 192 km W of Tofino, Canada (119 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:25:21 / 2:25 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: at00sglde9. Event ids that are associated: at00sglde9. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -128.538 West, latitude 49.058 North, depth = 1 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Tofino in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 14/07/24 / 2024-07-14 02:25:21 / July 14, 2024 @ 2:25 am UTC/GMT.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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: 192 km W of Tofino, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -128.538° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.058° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 192 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 2024-07-14 02:25:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-14 02:33:03 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 326 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.486362 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183.599985312 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 at00sglde9 Id of event.
Event Code 00sglde9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sglde9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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