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Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Gold Beach in Oregon


Earthquake location 41.9347S, -126.0858WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 147 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon (91 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -126.0858 West, latitude 41.9347 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 02:34:48 / 2:34 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j1uh. Id of event: us2000j1uh. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/01/19 / 2019-01-09 10:34:48 / January 9, 2019 @ 10:34 am UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 147 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -126.0858° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.9347° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 147km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-09 10:34:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-09 10:55:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 0 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 158 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.412 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 252 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000j1uh Id of event.
Event Code 2000j1uh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j1uh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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