Minor earthquake, 3.09 mag has occurred near Brookings in Oregon

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Brookings in Oregon. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:10:40 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -124.97183333333 West, latitude 42.037833333333 North, depth = 50.53 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.53 km (31 miles). Event id: uw61616642. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61616642. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/20 / 2020-05-19 07:10:40 / May 19, 2020 @ 7:10 am.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Crescent City, Brookings (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Crescent City (c. 7 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Brookings (c. 6 300 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 56 km W of Brookings, Oregon.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.09 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.97183333333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.037833333333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	50.53 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	56km W of Brookings, Oregon	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-05-19 07:10:40	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-05-19 07:47:25	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	147	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	uw	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,uw,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	7	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.5067	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.33 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	314	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	uw61616642	Id of event.
Event Code	61616642	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61616642,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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