A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Grande Cache in Canada on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us7000peye. Event ids that are associated: us7000peye. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 15:41:05 / February 20, 2025 @ 3:41 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -118.4885 West, latitude 54.3779 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:41:05 / 3:41 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Grande Prairie (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Grande Prairie (c. 41 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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