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Light earthquake, 4.1194987297058 mag was detected near Saanichton in Canada

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.1194987297058 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Saanichton in Canada. The temblor was reported at 11:05:19 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). Event id: uw62050041. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62050041. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 55.409999847412 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/09/24 / 2024-09-26 11:05:19 / September 26, 2024 @ 11:05 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -123.2628326416° West, latitude 48.585334777832° North, depth = 55.409999847412 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abbotsford, West Vancouver, Anmore (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Richmond (c. 182 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 11 km E of Saanichton, Canada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1194987297058 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-123.2628326416° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.585334777832° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	55.409999847412 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km E of Saanichton, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-26 11:05:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-26 11:10:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.9	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	automatic	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	263	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	uw	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,uw,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.159999996 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	85	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	uw62050041	Id of event.
Event Code	62050041	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62050041,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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