Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Lakeview in Oregon

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 68 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon (42 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:00:49 / 2:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 11.9674 km (7 miles). Exact location of event, depth 11.9674 km, -119.628° West, 41.8862° North. Id of earthquake: nn00510739. Event ids that are associated: nn00510739. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/15 / 2015-09-15 09:00:49 / September 15, 2015 @ 9:00 am UTC/GMT.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 68 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.628° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.8862° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.9674 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	68km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-09-15 09:00:49	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-09-15 14:42:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	129	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nn	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nn,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	7	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.141	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.2156 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77.27	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nn00510739	Id of event.
Event Code	00510739	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nn00510739,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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