Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Light World Earthquakes Magnitude 4-4.9, Tsunami warning alerts

Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Victoria in Canada

Posted by admin on December 30, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 48.6038322S, -123.3068314WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Victoria in Canada on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Victoria in Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 23:39:28 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -123.3068314 West, latitude 48.6038322 North, depth = 58.74 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 58.74 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/15 / 2015-12-30 07:39:28 / December 30, 2015 @ 7:39 am UTC/GMT. Event id: uw61114971. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o05ult, uw61114971.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sechelt, Arlington, Tulalip. Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Richmond (c. 182 000 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Abbotsford (c. 151 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km NNE of Victoria, Canada.

Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -123.3068314° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.6038322° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km NNE of Victoria, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-30 07:39:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-30 07:53:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 191 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.54 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic 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 457 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network uw The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,uw, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1044 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 90 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 uw61114971 Id of event.
Event Code 61114971 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00o05ult,uw61114971, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply

Follow us!

Tsunami videos

Categories

Information

Information and facts about all earthquakes today. Earthquake news and analysis on current events, Plate Tectonics, Seismometers, quake prediction, environment, Tsunamis, Seismologists, Prediction, live now, videos, information, pictures and much more. Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today.

© 2024 Earthquakes today - Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today