A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.88 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Molalla in Oregon on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61335997. Id of event: uw61335997. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/17 / 2017-12-14 01:24:26 / December 14, 2017 @ 1:24 am. Exact location, longitude -122.6316681° West, latitude 45.0488319° North, depth = 17.28 km. The temblor was picked up at 17:24:26 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.28 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Portland (c. 583 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Vancouver (c. 161 800 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Salem (c. 154 600 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Gresham (c. 105 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Hillsboro (c. 91 600 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Beaverton (c. 89 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Battle Ground, Scappoose, Mount Vista. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 11 km SSW of Molalla, Oregon.
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