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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Port McNeill in Canada

Posted by admin on December 25, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 50.5227S, -130.6748WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 254 km W of Port McNeill, Canada (158 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/12/24 / 2024-12-25 21:39:27 / December 25, 2024 @ 9:39 pm. The temblor was reported at 21:39:27 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -130.6748° West, latitude 50.5227° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000pflq. Event ids that are associated: at00sp2k62, us6000pflq. A tsunami warning has been issued near Port McNeill in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 254 km W of Port McNeill, Canada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -130.6748° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 50.5227° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 254 km W 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 2024-12-25 21:39:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-25 21:55:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 369 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.625 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 220 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 us6000pflq Id of event.
Event Code 6000pflq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00sp2k62,us6000pflq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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