[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Magnitude 5.1 - GASPE PENINSULA, CANADA
2005 March 6 06:17:49 UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A moderate earthquake occurred at 06:17:49 (UTC) on Sunday, March 6, 2005. The magnitude 5.1 event has been located in GASPE PENINSULA, CANADA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	5.1
Date-Time	Sunday, March 6, 2005 at 06:17:49 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Sunday, March 6, 2005 at 1:17:49 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	47.724°N, 69.718°W
Depth	14.1 km (8.8 miles) set by location program
Region	GASPE PENINSULA, CANADA
Distances	100 km (62 miles) WNW (302°) from Fort Kent, ME 108 km (67 miles) SE (127°) from La Baie, Québec, Canada 112 km (70 miles) WNW (292°) from Madawaska, ME 152 km (94 miles) NE (48°) from Québec, Québec, Canada
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 7.3 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst= 63, Nph= 63, Dmin=174.2 km, Rmss=1.16 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
Event ID	usvhan

[bd476]

Thanks Ernest! That's an area that doesn't get many quakes.

[sully777]

I like to be added to the ping list, if you have one.

I was going over the 30-day-out earthquakes and want to draw your attention to February 16th. There was a 6.6 in the mid-atlantic ridge with a possible p-wave, and a smaller 5.5 in the northern mid-atlantic ridge.

Old fault lines never die, just the people that forget they are present.

[bd476]

Historical quakes in the area: