A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from La Pine in Oregon on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 20:39:15 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.7321701 West, latitude 43.5313339 North, depth = 7.85 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61082327. Id of event: uw61082327. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/15 / 2015-10-23 03:39:15 / October 23, 2015 @ 3:39 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.85 km (5 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bend, Deschutes River Woods (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Bend (c. 76 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Deschutes River Woods (c. 5 100 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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