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Minor earthquake, 3.875226020813 mag was detected near Tsawwassen in Canada


Earthquake location 49.042835235596S, -123.37783050537WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.875226020813 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Tsawwassen in Canada on Friday. The temblor was detected at 09:08:58 / 9:08 am (local time epicenter). Event id: uw62043632. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62043632. The epicenter was at a depth of 63.619998931885 km (40 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 09:08:58 / October 4, 2024 @ 9:08 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -123.37783050537 West, latitude 49.042835235596 North, depth = 63.619998931885 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (18 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Richmond (c. 182 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sudden Valley, Abbotsford, Anacortes (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 21 km W of Tsawwassen, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.875226020813 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -123.37783050537° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.042835235596° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 63.619998931885 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 21 km W of Tsawwassen, 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 09:12:55 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 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 231 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 158 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 0.239999995 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 uw62043632 Id of event.
Event Code 62043632 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw62043632, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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