A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from La Pine in Oregon. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/15 / 2015-10-26 06:11:01 / October 26, 2015 @ 6:11 am. Id of earthquake: uw61083597. Event ids that are associated: uw61083597. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.086 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.7198333 West, latitude 43.5266667 North, depth = 7.086 km. The temblor was reported at 23:11:01 / 11:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bend, Deschutes River Woods (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 23 km SW of La Pine, Oregon. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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