M 4.7 in Canada on 20 Feb 2025 15:41 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1469283
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.3779 , -118.4885
Event Date: 20 Feb 2025 15:41 UTC
20 Feb 2025 08:41 Local
Exposed Population:
80 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 20 Feb 2025 16:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.4 (Canada)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000peye Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Minor earthquake in Chatham-Kent results in no damage. But what''s the.. 2/24/2025 1:29:00 PM.

Earthquakes Canada confirms a 2.7-magnitude earthquake shook around 3:40 p.m. on Friday centred in east Chatham-Kent near Ridgetown. ......
Climate change may mean migrants can’t be returned to hard-hit regions.. 2/24/2025 10:03:00 AM.

Canada’s immigration department may soon need to factor in climate change when deciding whether to deport some asylum seekers to their home countries, an internal government document suggests. The analysis on “climate mobility” by Immigrati
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Minor earthquake recorded near Chatham, Ont.: Earthquakes Canada 2/23/2025 1:20:00 AM.

Earthquakes Canada says a 2.7-magnitude earthquake was recorded near Chatham, Ont., on Friday afternoon. The agency says no damage was reported and none would be expected for an earthquake of that magnitude. It says earthquakes with a magni
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B.C. earthquake triggers concerns over sporadic alerts from national w.. 2/22/2025 11:30:00 PM.

Friday''s earthquake, which is now rated by Natural Resources Canada at a magnitude of 4.7 centred 24 kilometres north-northeast of Sechelt, has been followed by a number of aftershocks between 1.0 and 2.0 in strength. Pictured here in a fi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),