A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 211 km SW of Port Hardy, Canada (131 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jbxj. Unique identifier: us2000jbxj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -129.7779 West, latitude 49.5513 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:34:44 / 4:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/01/19 / 2019-01-18 01:34:44 / January 18, 2019 @ 1:34 am.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twenty-seven 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: 211 km SW of Port Hardy, Canada.
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