A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was reported 164 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon (102 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/18 / 2018-11-16 06:41:40 / November 16, 2018 @ 6:41 am. The temblor was picked up at 22:41:40 / 10:41 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000hske. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hske. Exact location of earthquake, -126.4473° West, 42.4195° North, depth 10 km.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 164 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon.
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