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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Mitchell in Oregon


Earthquake location 44.5915S, -120.5241WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Mitchell in Oregon. Exact location of earthquake, -120.5241° West, 44.5915° North, depth 8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:16:19 / 8:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 20:16:19 / October 30, 2024 @ 8:16 pm. Event id: ew1730319390. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1730319390. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (54 miles) from Bend (c. 76 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Redmond (c. 26 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Prineville (c. 9 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Madras (c. 6 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bend, Redmond, Madras.

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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km W of Mitchell, Oregon. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -120.5241° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.5915° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29 km W of Mitchell, Oregon Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-30 20:16:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 20:16:38 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 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ew The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ew, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 4 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 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID ew1730319390 Id of event.
Event Code 1730319390 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1730319390, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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