A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Pacific City in Oregon. The temblor was detected at 14:37:31 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/02/18 / 2018-02-04 22:37:31 / February 4, 2018 @ 10:37 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.61 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: uw61366781. Ids that are associated to the event: uw61366781. Exact location of event, longitude -124.4976654 West, latitude 45.1889992 North, depth = 17.61 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Newport, Lincoln City (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Newport (c. 10 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Lincoln City (c. 7 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km W of Pacific City, Oregon.
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