A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 155 km WNW of Port Orford, Oregon (96 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:43:26 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005v67. Unique identifier: us70005v67. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -126.3634° West, latitude 43.0091° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/19 / 2019-10-17 20:43:26 / October 17, 2019 @ 8:43 pm UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 155 km WNW of Port Orford, Oregon.
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