Quake Info: Strong Mag. 5.9 Earthquake - 29 km West of Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada, on 2020-05-16 06:37:52 -07:00

Strong magnitude 5.9 earthquake at 9 km depth

16 May 13:46 UTC: First to report: USGS after 8 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 16, 2020 13:37:52 UTC
Local time at epicenter	2020-05-16 06:37:52 -07:00
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.9
Depth	9.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	53.8282°N / 119.575°W (Division No. 14, Alberta, Canada)
Antipode	53.828°S / 60.425°E
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking
Felt	9 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Wells Gray-Clearwater (179 km / 111 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	29 km (18 mi) WSW of Grande Cache (Alberta) (pop: 4,030) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 140 km (87 mi) WNW of Hinton (Division No. 14, Alberta) (pop: 9,890) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 157 km (98 mi) SSW of Grande Prairie (Alberta) (pop: 41,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 209 km (130 mi) E of Prince George (British Columbia) (pop: 65,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 355 km (221 mi) N of Kamloops (British Columbia) (pop: 68,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 386 km (240 mi) N of Okanagan (British Columbia) (pop: 297,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 391 km (243 mi) W of St. Albert (Alberta) (pop: 57,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 403 km (251 mi) W of Edmonton (Alberta) (pop: 712,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 423 km (263 mi) WNW of Red Deer (Alberta) (pop: 73,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 484 km (300 mi) NW of Calgary (Alberta) (pop: 1,019,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	4.5 x 10¹³ joules (12.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 10676 tons of TNT or 0.7 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
5.9	9.1 km	29km WSW of Grande Cache, Canada	USGS

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Seismic station: Corvallis, Oregon, USA (COR/IU network) | Distance from quake: 1062 km / 660 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Corvallis, Oregon, USA: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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BC / not felt : Does anyone know why this 5.9 quake is not recorded by USGS? I will attach a screenshot.

Grande Cache (30.7 km ENE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Shook me out of bed this morning and knocked books off my shelf. No damage visible to my home but it was definitely strong

Grande Cache (115.4 km E of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : I was outside cleaning up my yard and the branches on the trees started shaking. My wife was inside and said she felt it strongly. This is the only site that says the earthquake exists so I’m very confused

Sandy, People's Republic of Utah (1586.3 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : Yes. Felt. (reported through our app)

near Lethbridge, Alberta (658.1 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II)

98664 (937 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt : Felt nothing. (reported through our app)

Jasper (100.2 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI)

Helena Valley Southeast, Lewis and Clark, Montana (966 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) (reported through our app)

Fort McMurray / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Definitely some movement here. It woke up my son and he came running to wake me because he had no clue what was happening. It was around when it happened but there is no reports of the earthquake existing so it might just be kids messing around

Edmonton / Very weak shaking (MMI II) : I am in Edmonton Alberta and felt some light shaking. I am near train tracks so I assumed it was a train going by

grand cache / not felt

Grande Cache / not felt

Hinton, Alberta 142 km south east of Gc / not felt : Not felt at all. 142 km southeast of Grande Cache

Edmonton, AB / not felt

Calgary / not felt

South of grande prarie / Severe shaking (MMI VIII) : Knocked my cabin off it’s foundation

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