A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 159 km WNW of Port Orford, Oregon (99 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006n12. Unique identifier: us10006n12. Exact location of event, longitude -126.4122 West, latitude 43.0116 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:00:47 / 7:00 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/16 / 2016-09-08 15:00:47 / September 8, 2016 @ 3:00 pm.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 159 km WNW of Port Orford, Oregon.
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