Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 182 km SSW of Inuvik, Canada

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 182 km SSW of Inuvik, Canada (113 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 18/12/24 / 2024-12-18 08:53:14 / December 18, 2024 @ 8:53 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:53:14 / 8:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -135.9531° West, latitude 66.9601° North, depth = 16.507 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.507 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: ak024g7xsfmn, us7000nzrf. Unique identifier: us7000nzrf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 182 km SSW of Inuvik, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-135.9531° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	66.9601° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.507 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	182 km SSW of Inuvik, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-18 08:53:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-16 11:48:05	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	3.895	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	271	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	,ak,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	64	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.641	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	27	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	us7000nzrf	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nzrf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ak024g7xsfmn,us7000nzrf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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