A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Waldport in Oregon on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -124.5927 West, latitude 44.4518 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 06:48:35 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008hwk, uw61271121. Unique identifier: us10008hwk. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/04/17 / 2017-04-15 14:48:35 / April 15, 2017 @ 2:48 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Newport (c. 10 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Florence (c. 8 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Lincoln City (c. 7 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lincoln City, Florence, Newport (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three 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. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km W of Waldport, Oregon. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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