Minor earthquake, 3.1473876237869 mag was detected near Ucluelet in Canada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1473876237869 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Ucluelet in Canada. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.9899997711182 km (3 miles). The temblor was detected at 18:49:44 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: uw62091527. Event ids that are associated: uw62091527. Exact location of event, longitude -125.26833343506 West, latitude 49.01216506958 North, depth = 4.9899997711182 km. Global time and date of event 01/05/25 / 2025-05-01 18:49:44 / May 1, 2025 @ 6:49 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Courtenay (c. 32 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Port Alberni (c. 21 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Parksville (c. 21 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Courtenay, Parksville, Port Alberni.

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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 21 km ENE of Ucluelet, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1473876237869 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-125.26833343506° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	49.01216506958° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.9899997711182 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km ENE of Ucluelet, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-01 18:49:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-01 18:54:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	0	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	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	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	152	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	,uw,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.25999999 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	92	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	uw62091527	Id of event.
Event Code	62091527	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62091527,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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