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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Tofino in Canada


Earthquake location 48.932S, -128.7769WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 211 km W of Tofino, Canada (131 miles) on Thursday. Event id: us7000myku. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000myku. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -128.7769 West, latitude 48.932 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:35:41 / 3:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/07/24 / 2024-07-11 15:35:41 / July 11, 2024 @ 3:35 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 211 km W of Tofino, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -128.7769° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.932° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 211 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 15:35:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-22 15:21:30 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 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 271 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 ,us, 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 1.033 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000myku Id of event.
Event Code 7000myku An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000myku, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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