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Minor earthquake 3.7 mag, 20 km SW of Richmond, Canada

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Richmond in Canada. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -123.3635 West, latitude 49.0567 North, depth = 61.533 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 61.533 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 09:08:58 / October 4, 2024 @ 9:08 am UTC/GMT. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:08:58 / 9:08 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000nwgu. Event ids that are associated: uw62043632, us6000nwgu.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sudden Valley, Anacortes, Abbotsford (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km (17 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Richmond (c. 182 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km SW of Richmond, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-123.3635° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	49.0567° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	61.533 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km SW of Richmond, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-04 09:08:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-04 10:15:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1009	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	3.426	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	641	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	,uw,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	198	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.145	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.41 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	us6000nwgu	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nwgu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62043632,us6000nwgu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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