A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ucluelet in Canada on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: uw62091527, us7000pwet. Unique identifier: us7000pwet. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.02 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/25 / 2025-05-01 18:49:41 / May 1, 2025 @ 6:49 pm. Exact location, longitude -125.3349° West, latitude 48.8844° North, depth = 39.02 km. The temblor was reported at 18:49:41 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Port Alberni (c. 21 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port Alberni (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop).

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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km ESE of Ucluelet, Canada. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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