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Moderate earthquake, 5.16 mag was detected near Lakeview in Oregon

Posted by admin on September 14, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location 41.9974S, -119.6232WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 63 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon (39 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/15 / 2015-09-14 13:55:49 / September 14, 2015 @ 1:55 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -119.6232 West, latitude 41.9974 North, depth = 12 km. The temblor was reported at 06:55:49 / 6:55 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nn00510518. Ids that are associated to the event: nn00510518. The epicenter was at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 63 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.16 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.6232° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.9974° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-14 13:55:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-14 14:04:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 410 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nn The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nn, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.188 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 162.69 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 nn00510518 Id of event.
Event Code 00510518 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00510518, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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