Minor earthquake, 3.54 mag has occurred near Penticton in Canada

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.54 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Penticton in Canada on Saturday. Global time and date of event 19/07/25 / 2025-07-19 11:38:06 / July 19, 2025 @ 11:38 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.35 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -120.00833333333° West, 49.406° North, depth 4.35 km. The 3.54-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:38:06 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). Event id: uw62146337. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62146337.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kelowna, West Kelowna, Summerland (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (40 miles) from Kelowna (c. 125 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Penticton (c. 37 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from West Kelowna (c. 28 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Summerland (c. 6 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km WSW of Penticton, Canada. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.54 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.00833333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	49.406° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.35 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31 km WSW of Penticton, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-19 11:38:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-19 11:52:26	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	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	193	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	10	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.264	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	224	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	uw62146337	Id of event.
Event Code	62146337	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62146337,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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