Minor earthquake, 3.01 mag strikes near Gold Beach in Oregon

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 164 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon (102 miles). The 3.01-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:34:26 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 23.56 km (15 miles). Exact location, longitude -126.2498333° West, latitude 41.8228333° North, depth = 23.56 km. Global time and date of event 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 11:34:26 / May 2, 2016 @ 11:34 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: nc72629775. Ids that are associated to the event: nc72629775.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.01 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-126.2498333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.8228333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	23.56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	164km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-05-02 11:34:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-03 01:39:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	139	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nc	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.8	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	295	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	nc72629775	Id of event.
Event Code	72629775	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc72629775,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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