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Earthquake Report
Geological Survey of Canada
Date-Time: 2006-02-26 04:09:22 UT An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 MN occured on 2006-02-25 at 11:09:22 pm Eastern Time (2006-02-26 at 04:09:22 Universal Time).
2006-02-25 at 11:09:22 (ET).
The epicentre was located at latitude 45.55 North and longitude 74.71 West.
9 km SW from Hawkesbury, ON.
This is an independent earthquake, 43 km E from Thurso, QC.
The magnitude was determined from 13 stations of the GSC.
The nearest cities/towns to the epicentre are:
6 km NW from/de Vankleek Hill, ON
8 km S from/de L'Orignal, ON
9 km SW from/de Hawkesbury, ON
13 km E from/de Alfred, ON
25 km E from/de Papineauville, QC
Significant earthquakes in the region:
5.6 on 1944-09-05
5.1 on 1983-10-07
5.1 on 1997-11-06
5.0 on 1958-05-14
5.0 on 1990-10-19
Latitude: 45.55 North
Longitude: 74.71 West
Magnitude: 3.2 MN
Magnitude determined from: 13 stations
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