A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 207 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon (129 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -126.9148 West, latitude 43.5057 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008paf. Unique identifier: us10008paf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 14:27:35 / May 4, 2017 @ 2:27 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 06:27:35 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter).
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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 207 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon.
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