A 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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