Minor earthquake: M3.21000004 quake has struck near Government Camp in Oregon

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21000004 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Government Camp in Oregon on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/01/21 / 2021-01-17 23:38:31 / January 17, 2021 @ 11:38 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.21000004-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:38:31 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: uw61699362. Event ids that are associated: uw61699362. The epicenter was at a depth of 3 km (2 miles). Exact location, longitude -121.69249725342° West, latitude 45.329334259033° North, depth = 3 km.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Portland (c. 583 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Gresham (c. 105 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Lake Oswego (c. 36 600 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Oregon City (c. 31 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from West Linn (c. 25 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Walnut Grove, Portland, Five Corners (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 three 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.

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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 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: 5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.21000004 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.69249725342° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	45.329334259033° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	3 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2021-01-17 23:38:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2021-01-17 23:41:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	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	159	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	22	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	0.209999993 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	45	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	uw61699362	Id of event.
Event Code	61699362	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61699362,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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