A light earthquake magnitude 4.4801864624023 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Vancouver Island, Canada region kilometers (0 miles) from Vancouver Island, Canada region. Exact location of event, longitude -125.17082977295 West, latitude 48.589832305908 North, depth = 4.9800000190735 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4801864624023-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:35:33 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 4.9800000190735 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61568547. Id of event: uw61568547. Global time and date of event 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 21:35:33 / January 24, 2020 @ 9:35 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Port Alberni (c. 21 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port Alberni.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nearby.
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