Minor earthquake, 3.0738041400909 mag has occurred near Salt Spring Island in Canada

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.0738041400909 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Salt Spring Island in Canada on Tuesday. The 3.0738041400909-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:30:08 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: uw62196992. Ids that are associated to the event: uw62196992. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.050000190735 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -123.36616516113° West, 48.76216506958° North, depth 14.050000190735 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 12:30:08 / October 21, 2025 @ 12:30 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sequim, Maple Ridge, Sudden Valley (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop). Close 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km SE of Salt Spring Island, Canada.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.0738041400909 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-123.36616516113° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.76216506958° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.050000190735 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km SE of Salt Spring Island, Canada	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-21 12:30:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-21 12:36:42	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	146	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1251	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.0900000036 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	121	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	uw62196992	Id of event.
Event Code	62196992	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62196992,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake, 3.0738041400909 mag has occurred near Salt Spring Island in Canada

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