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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake strikes near Bella Bella in Canada


Earthquake location 51.0989S, -129.687WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 160 kilometers (99 miles) from Bella Bella in Canada. The temblor was reported at 01:54:34 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). Global time of event 2014-12-20 10:54:34 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bella Bella in Canada, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -129.687 West, latitude 51.0989 North, depth 12 km.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -129.687° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.0989° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 160km SW of Bella Bella, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2014-12-20 22:54:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-12-20 23:03:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 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 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 312 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 at A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.46245728 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 205.2 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00ngwkyy Id of event.
Event Code 00ngwkyy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS at00ngwkyy A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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