Quakedle
Puzzle #112 was 9 km N of Delta, B.C., MX.
Quakedle is an educational game. Event details and tsunami indicators must not be used for emergency decisions; follow official local authorities and current USGS notices.
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How it scored
- Magnitude
- M4.9 — light class
- Magnitude type
- mw - moment magnitude
- Depth
- 15.6 km — shallow
- Region
- Other oceanic or intraplate region
- Tsunami indicator
- USGS tsunami indicator not set
- Felt reports
- 306 DYFI reports
- PAGER alert
- green PAGER alert
- Tectonic plates
- Local plate or crustal fault system
- Tectonic context
- The USGS place label does not resolve to this quiz’s broad authored regions. Earthquakes may occur at plate boundaries or on faults within plates.
Also on the record
- USGS reports magnitude M4.9. Which standard descriptive class contains it?
- Light (M4.0–4.9)
- The hypocentral depth is 15.6 km. Which depth band is it in?
- Shallow (less than 70 km)
- USGS locates the event at “9 km N of Delta, B.C., MX”. Which broad authored region matches?
- Other oceanic or intraplate region
- What does the USGS tsunami indicator say for this event?
- No — USGS did not set the event’s tsunami indicator; that is not a forecast.
- USGS received 306 “Did You Feel It?” reports. Which band is that?
- Widely felt (100–999)