Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag strikes near Brookings in OR

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 140 km W of Brookings, OR (87 miles). The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:34:20 / 9:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/24 / 2024-05-09 21:34:20 / May 9, 2024 @ 9:34 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.99 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: nc75003951. Event ids that are associated: nc75003951. Exact location of event, depth 8.99 km, -125.9445° West, 41.800666666667° North.

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, 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 in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 140 km W of Brookings, OR. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.87 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-125.9445° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.800666666667° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.99 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	140 km W of Brookings, OR	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-09 21:34:20	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-10 19:37:39	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.2	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	127	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	nc	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,nc,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.345	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	267	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	nc75003951	Id of event.
Event Code	75003951	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,nc75003951,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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