A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 201 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon (125 miles). The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:38:30 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/18 / 2018-07-24 14:38:30 / July 24, 2018 @ 2:38 pm. Id of earthquake: us2000gcnx. Event ids that are associated: us2000gcnx. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -126.7237 West, latitude 41.8079 North, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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. 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: 201 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon.
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