A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 70 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon (43 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 19/11/15 / 2015-11-19 01:40:02 / November 19, 2015 @ 1:40 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -119.619 West, latitude 41.8696 North, depth = 12.9 km. Id of earthquake: nn00519379. Event ids that are associated: us10003zef, nn00519379. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.9 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:40:02 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 70 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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