A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Pistol River in Oregon. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:12:10 / 12:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -124.31716666667° West, 42.2705° North, depth 7.18 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/02/25 / 2025-02-27 12:12:10 / February 27, 2025 @ 12:12 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62078356. Id of event: uw62078356. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.18 km (4 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Crescent City, Brookings (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Crescent City (c. 7 600 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Brookings (c. 6 300 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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