Minor earthquake, 2.8374435901642 mag was detected near Molalla in Oregon

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8374435901642 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Molalla in Oregon on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -122.42500305176 West, latitude 45.11266708374 North, depth = 17.270000457764 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.270000457764 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 06:39:50 / August 30, 2024 @ 6:39 am. Id of earthquake: uw62042181. Event ids that are associated: uw62042181. The 2.8374435901642-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:39:50 / 6:39 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sheridan, Albany, Battle Ground (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Portland (c. 583 800 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vancouver (c. 161 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Salem (c. 154 600 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Gresham (c. 105 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hillsboro (c. 91 600 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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: 12 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8374435901642 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.42500305176° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	45.11266708374° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.270000457764 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-30 06:39:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-30 06:43:10	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	124	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	71	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	0.25 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	35	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	uw62042181	Id of event.
Event Code	62042181	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62042181,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake, 2.8374435901642 mag was detected near Molalla in Oregon

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