A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 192 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon (119 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -126.7387 West, latitude 43.4517 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006f4q. Id of event: us20006f4q. The temblor was detected at 17:58:23 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/16 / 2016-07-16 01:58:23 / July 16, 2016 @ 1:58 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 192 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon.
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