Light earthquake 4 mag, 36 km N of Cap-Chat, Canada

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (mg/mb) was reported Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Cap-Chat in Canada. The temblor was reported at 09:05:27 / 9:05 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 11 km (7 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-16 01:05:27 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Cap-Chat in Canada, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -66.775 West, latitude 49.426 North, depth 11 km.

Close countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Matane (c. 14 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Port-Cartier (c. 5 900 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sainte-Anne-des-Monts (c. 5 600 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Matane, Port-Cartier, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-66.775° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	49.426° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36km N of Cap-Chat, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-01-16 13:05:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-01-16 13:10:41	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-240	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	246	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.33776655	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.39 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	162	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	at00ni9tp3	Id of event.
Event Code	00ni9tp3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	at00ni9tp3	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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