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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Dawson City in Canada


Earthquake location 63.0229S, -135.1296WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 243 km ESE of Dawson City, Canada (151 miles) on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 11:28:54 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 11:28:54 / February 26, 2025 @ 11:28 am. Unique identifier: ak0252mgcods. Ids that are associated to the event: ak0252mgcods. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.6 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -135.1296 West, latitude 63.0229 North, depth = 19.6 km.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 243 km ESE of Dawson City, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -135.1296° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 63.0229° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.6 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 243 km ESE of Dawson City, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-26 11:28:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-27 23:00:23 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 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 129 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 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 0.91 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 ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ak0252mgcods Id of event.
Event Code 0252mgcods An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0252mgcods, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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