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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near South Pender Harbour in Canada

Posted by admin on February 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 49.874S, -123.696WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from South Pender Harbour in Canada. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 21:26:33 / February 21, 2025 @ 9:26 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -123.696 West, latitude 49.874 North, depth = 2 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near South Pender Harbour in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1740173210, at00ss1y89. Id of event: at00ss1y89. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 21:26:33 / 9:26 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Richmond (c. 182 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Anmore (c. 126 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Coquitlam (c. 114 600 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Delta (c. 101 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pitt Meadows, Delta, Ladysmith (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 36 km NE of South Pender Harbour, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -123.696° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.874° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km NE of South Pender Harbour, 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 21:26:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-21 21:33:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 30 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 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 REVIEWED Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 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 416 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ew,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.555882 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 223.199982144 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 at00ss1y89 Id of event.
Event Code 00ss1y89 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1740173210,at00ss1y89, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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