Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Oregon

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Off the coast of Oregon (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:10:24 / 5:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Oregon (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 14:10:24 / July 29, 2018 @ 2:10 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: at00pcmspc. Unique identifier: at00pcmspc. Exact location of event, longitude -128.9199 West, latitude 44.153 North, depth = 12 km.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Off the coast of Oregon. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-128.9199° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	44.153° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Off the coast of Oregon	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-07-29 14:10:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-07-29 14:15:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-540	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	REVIEWED	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	1	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	449	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	73	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.762495	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.94 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	197.99998416	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00pcmspc	Id of event.
Event Code	00pcmspc	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00pcmspc,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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