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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada


Earthquake location 71.8202S, -126.9591WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 03:56:43 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/20 / 2020-09-08 03:56:43 / September 8, 2020 @ 3:56 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -126.9591° West, 71.8202° North. A tsunami warning has been issued near Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000bjj1. Ids that are associated to the event: at00qgbmyj, us7000bjj1.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -126.9591° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 71.8202° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-08 03:56:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-08 04:36:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 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 259 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.56 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000bjj1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000bjj1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qgbmyj,us7000bjj1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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