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Minor earthquake, 3.7813470363617 mag was detected near Victoria in Canada


Earthquake location 48.286998748779S, -123.27600097656WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7813470363617 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Victoria in Canada. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.270000457764 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: uw62067602. Unique identifier: uw62067602. Exact location of event, depth 40.270000457764 km, -123.27600097656° West, 48.286998748779° North. The temblor was picked up at 05:59:18 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/25 / 2025-02-14 05:59:18 / February 14, 2025 @ 5:59 am UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arlington, Marysville, Edmonds. Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Bellingham (c. 80 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Marysville (c. 60 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Edmonds (c. 39 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from North Cowichan (c. 32 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mount Vernon (c. 31 700 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km SSE of Victoria, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7813470363617 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -123.27600097656° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.286998748779° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.270000457764 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km SSE of Victoria, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-14 05:59:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-14 06:02:34 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 220 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 121 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 0.200000003 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 29 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 uw62067602 Id of event.
Event Code 62067602 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw62067602, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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