A minor earthquake magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 71 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon (44 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10.4 km, -119.6029° West, 41.8676° North. Unique identifier: nn00523870. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00523870. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/15 / 2015-12-24 22:23:22 / December 24, 2015 @ 10:23 pm. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:23:22 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10.4 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 71 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon.
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