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Minor earthquake, 3.45 mag was detected near Val-des-Monts in Canada


Earthquake location 45.9541667S, -75.5656667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Val-des-Monts in Canada. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.09 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -75.5656667 West, latitude 45.9541667 North, depth = 3.09 km. The temblor was reported at 03:37:51 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/08/15 / 2015-08-05 07:37:51 / August 5, 2015 @ 7:37 am. Unique identifier: ld60098246. Ids that are associated to the event: ld60098246.

Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Ottawa (c. 812 100 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Gatineau (c. 242 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Clarence-Rockland (c. 20 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Mont-Laurier (c. 13 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bells Corners (c. 10 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mont-Tremblant, Bells Corners, Mont-Laurier (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km NNE of Val-des-Monts, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.45 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -75.5656667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.9541667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.09 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km NNE of Val-des-Monts, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-05 07:37:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-05 14:41:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.9 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 183 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ld The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ld, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.57 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 291 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 ld60098246 Id of event.
Event Code 60098246 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ld60098246, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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