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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Port McNeill in Canada


Earthquake location 51.3957S, -130.8626WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 279 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada (173 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -130.8626° West, 51.3957° North. The temblor was reported at 01:43:25 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Port McNeill in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 01:43:25 / September 16, 2024 @ 1:43 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: at00sjvu4g, us7000ne5y. Unique identifier: us7000ne5y.

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

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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: 279 km WNW of Port McNeill, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -130.8626° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.3957° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 279 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 2024-09-16 01:43:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-16 02:03:01 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 3.043 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 340 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,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.922 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 193 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ne5y Id of event.
Event Code 7000ne5y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sjvu4g,us7000ne5y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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