A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Saint-Boniface in Canada. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/24 / 2024-12-29 13:02:31 / December 29, 2024 @ 1:02 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000pgab. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgab. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:02:31 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -76.2326° West, latitude 47.0115° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mont-Laurier (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Mont-Laurier (c. 13 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 59 km NNW of Saint-Boniface, Canada.
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