A minor earthquake magnitude 3.47 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 28 km SSE of Lakeview, Oregon (17 miles). The 3.47-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:13:42 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 08:13:42 / September 8, 2015 @ 8:13 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -120.1573333° West, 41.9885° North, depth 1.486 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20003h7h, nc72522031, uw61076181. Unique identifier: uw61076181. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.486 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 28 km SSE of Lakeview, Oregon.
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