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Light earthquake 4.92000008 mag, 36 km NE of Enterprise, Oregon


Earthquake location 45.662334442139S, -116.95666503906WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.92000008 (ml/mb) was reported 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Enterprise in Oregon on Thursday. The 4.92000008-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:34:14 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.0100002288818 km (4 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.95666503906 West, latitude 45.662334442139 North, depth = 7.0100002288818 km. Id of earthquake: uw61617927. Event ids that are associated: uw61617927. Global time and date of event 21/05/20 / 2020-05-21 11:34:14 / May 21, 2020 @ 11:34 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was La Grande, Clarkston, Lewiston. Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Lewiston (c. 31 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Lewiston Orchards (c. 31 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from La Grande (c. 13 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Clarkston (c. 7 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Clarkston Heights-Vineland (c. 6 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from West Clarkston-Highland (c. 5 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km NE of Enterprise, Oregon. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.92000008 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -116.95666503906° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.662334442139° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.0100002288818 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km NE of Enterprise, Oregon Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-21 11:34:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-21 11:40:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.82 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 automatic 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 373 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.560000002 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 md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID uw61617927 Id of event.
Event Code 61617927 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61617927, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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