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Minor earthquake 2.8008774518967 mag, 8 km SE of Gold Beach, Oregon


Earthquake location 42.354499816895S, -124.35433197021WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8008774518967 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Gold Beach in Oregon. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.1199998855591 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: uw62048346. Event ids that are associated: uw62048346. The temblor was detected at 07:00:03 / 7:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 8.1199998855591 km, -124.35433197021° West, 42.354499816895° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 07:00:03 / September 21, 2024 @ 7:00 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Crescent City, Brookings (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Crescent City (c. 7 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Brookings (c. 6 300 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 8 km SE of Gold Beach, Oregon. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8008774518967 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.35433197021° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.354499816895° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.1199998855591 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SE of Gold Beach, Oregon Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-21 07:00:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-21 07:02:44 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 121 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 11 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 0.300000012 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 183 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 uw62048346 Id of event.
Event Code 62048346 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw62048346, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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