A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 70 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon (43 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 06:31:16 / December 29, 2015 @ 6:31 am. Unique identifier: nn00524430. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00524430. The temblor was reported at 22:31:16 / 10:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.6075 West, latitude 41.872 North, depth = 9.7 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.7 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 70 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon.
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