A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 64 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon (40 miles) on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/15 / 2015-07-16 01:52:15 / July 16, 2015 @ 1:52 am. Exact location of event, longitude -119.6202 West, latitude 41.9729 North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us20002xtw. Event ids that are associated: us20002xtw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:52:15 / 6:52 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 64 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon.
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