A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 205 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon (127 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -126.771° West, latitude 41.7964° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:42:04 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000gcpe. Event ids that are associated: us2000gcpe. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/07/18 / 2018-07-24 14:42:04 / July 24, 2018 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 205 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon.
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