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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Sechelt in Canada

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Sechelt in Canada. Event id: ew1740173210. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1740173210. The epicenter was at a depth of 9 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 was detected at 21:26:32 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9 km, -123.5958° West, 49.6952° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 21:26:32 / February 21, 2025 @ 9:26 pm.

Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Richmond (c. 182 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Anmore (c. 126 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Coquitlam (c. 114 600 pop). Close country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was North Cowichan, White Rock, Langley (min 5000 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 27 km NNE of Sechelt, Canada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-123.5958° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	49.6952° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27 km NNE of Sechelt, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-21 21:26:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-21 21:26:57	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	340	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ew	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	14	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	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ew1740173210	Id of event.
Event Code	1740173210	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1740173210,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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