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Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag was detected near Port McNeill in Canada


Earthquake location 51.6758S, -130.632WA earthquake with magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) was reported 275 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada (171 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 22:22:48 / September 15, 2024 @ 10:22 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -130.632° West, 51.6758° North. The temblor was reported at 22:22:48 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000ne51. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00sjvku4, pt24259052, us7000ne51. A tsunami warning has been issued near Port McNeill in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 275 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -130.632° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.6758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 275 km WNW 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 2024-09-15 22:22:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-15 22:34:30 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 3.4 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 650 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 ,at,pt,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 82 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.71 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ne51 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ne51 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sjvku4,pt24259052,us7000ne51, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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