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Minor earthquake: M3.4 quake has struck near Okanagan Falls in Canada


Earthquake location 49.3739S, -120.0318WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Okanagan Falls in Canada on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.037 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 11:38:06 / 11:38 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/25 / 2025-07-19 11:38:06 / July 19, 2025 @ 11:38 am. All ids that are associated to the event: uw62146337, us7000qdt4. Unique identifier: us7000qdt4. Exact location, longitude -120.0318° West, latitude 49.3739° North, depth = 7.037 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kelowna, West Kelowna, Summerland. The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kelowna (c. 125 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Penticton (c. 37 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from West Kelowna (c. 28 800 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Summerland (c. 6 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 33 km W of Okanagan Falls, Canada.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.0318° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 49.3739° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.037 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km W of Okanagan Falls, 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 12:43:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.9 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.376 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 180 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 ,uw,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.271 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us7000qdt4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qdt4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw62146337,us7000qdt4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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