4.8 magnitude earthquake 19 km from Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
2015-01-08 02:02:53 UTC
UTC time:
Thursday, January 08, 2015 02:02 AM
Your time:
2015-01-08T02:02:53Z
Magnitude Type:
mb
USGS page:
M 4.8 - 18km E of Tofino, Canada
USGS status:
Reviewed by a seismologist
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2015-01-08 02:02:53 UTC
4.8 magnitude, 24 km depth
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
4.8 magnitude earthquake
2015-01-08 02:02:53 UTC
at 02:02
January 08, 2015 UTC
Location:
Epicenter at 49.171, -125.647
19.2 km from
Tofino
(11.2 miles)
Depth: 24 km
Tsunami advisory issued by www.tsunami.gov
000
SEUS71 PAAQ 080205
EQIWOC
TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
605 PM PST WED JAN 7 2015
...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT...
EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED - THERE IS NO TSUNAMI DANGER.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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* MAGNITUDE 4.8
* ORIGIN TIME 1703 AKST JAN 07 2015
1803 PST JAN 07 2015
0203 UTC JAN 08 2015
* COORDINATES 49.2 NORTH 125.7 WEST
* DEPTH 21 MILES
* LOCATION 95 MILES SE OF PORT ALICE BRITISH COLUMBIA
190 MILES NW OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON
NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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* THIS WILL BE THE ONLY U.S. NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
MESSAGE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT.
* THE EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.
* FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY - EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV - OR THE APPROPRIATE
REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK.