A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Riviere-Rouge in Canada. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002vw0. Unique identifier: us20002vw0. Exact location of earthquake, -75.079° West, 46.312° North, depth 18 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18 km (11 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 09:46:30 / July 7, 2015 @ 9:46 am. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:30 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Mont-Laurier, Mont-Tremblant (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Mont-Laurier (c. 13 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mont-Tremblant (c. 8 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (c. 5 700 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 20 km SW of Riviere-Rouge, Canada.
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