Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes 208 km SW of Port McNeill, Canada

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck approximately 208 kilometers southwest of Port McNeill, Canada, today at 06:41:30.614 UTC. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the seismic event's coordinates as 49.4076 latitude and -129.342 longitude.

The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers beneath the Earth's surface. Magnitude measures the size of an earthquake, indicating the energy released at the source, while depth refers to how far below the surface the rupture occurred. The USGS routinely provides this data, which is generated from seismic networks worldwide, to help characterize earthquake activity.