A light earthquake magnitude 4.19 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Springfield in Oregon. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 15:42:18 / July 4, 2015 @ 3:42 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.37 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 7.37 km, -122.8499985° West, 44.0724983° North. The 4.19-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:42:18 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: uw61037147. Unique identifier: uw61037147.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Monmouth, Independence, Sutherlin (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Eugene (c. 156 200 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Springfield (c. 59 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Corvallis (c. 54 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Albany (c. 50 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Lebanon (c. 15 500 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Cottage Grove (c. 9 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km ENE of Springfield, Oregon. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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Eric
Yes we did it was a pretty sharp one and sensed it coming a few seconds before hand as I grew up in Southern Cal LA so it was quite a purprise for the Oregonians I live with and thier first one for several of them.
Patty O'Neill
We were asleep & woken from our bed shaking & house moving. A few light things were knocked off my window seal in my kitchen.
Donna
Yes, I live in east Springfield and it started with a loud Boom and then shaking. Definitely shook me awake!
Sadie
It shook our apartment in Springfield significantly, my first, a weird feeling!