A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Point Roberts in Washington. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -123.2046661 West, latitude 48.8231659 North, depth = 57.22 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/06/18 / 2018-06-08 17:09:35 / June 8, 2018 @ 5:09 pm. Id of earthquake: uw61383502. Event ids that are associated: uw61383502. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57.22 km (36 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:09:35 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Burlington, Abbotsford, Oak Harbor. Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SSW of Point Roberts, Washington. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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