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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Port McNeill in Canada

Posted by admin on July 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 50.747S, -129.612WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 179 km W of Port McNeill, Canada (111 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Port McNeill in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 16:12:18 / July 23, 2024 @ 4:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -129.612 West, latitude 50.747 North, depth = 12 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00sh33oi. Id of event: at00sh33oi. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:12:18 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 179 km W of Port McNeill, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -129.612° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.747° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 179 km W 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 2024-07-23 16:12:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-23 16:18:29 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 312 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.602244 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151.199987904 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 at00sh33oi Id of event.
Event Code 00sh33oi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sh33oi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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