A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.55 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Port Orford in Oregon on Friday. Unique identifier: uw61562171. Ids that are associated to the event: uw61562171. The temblor was picked up at 20:58:27 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.04 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/19 / 2019-11-30 04:58:27 / November 30, 2019 @ 4:58 am. Exact location of event, longitude -124.47533333333 West, latitude 42.777 North, depth = 16.04 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Coos Bay (c. 16 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from North Bend (c. 9 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Brookings (c. 6 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brookings, North Bend, Coos Bay.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km NNE of Port Orford, Oregon.
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