A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 149 km W of Brookings, Oregon (93 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Brookings in Oregon (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: at00oe1nb3. Ids that are associated to the event: at00oe1nb3. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:01:51 / 9:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -126.063° West, latitude 41.8519° North, depth = 11 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/09/16 / 2016-09-25 05:01:51 / September 25, 2016 @ 5:01 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11 km (7 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 149 km W of Brookings, Oregon.
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