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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Lakeview in Oregon


Earthquake location 41.8491S, -119.6487WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 68 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon (42 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/15 / 2015-10-09 03:12:43 / October 9, 2015 @ 3:12 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.3 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:12:43 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: nn00514115. Unique identifier: nn00514115. Exact location of earthquake, -119.6487° West, 41.8491° North, depth 11.3 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 68 km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.6487° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.8491° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.3 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68km 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 2015-10-09 03:12:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-10-09 04:45:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 reviewed 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 129 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.152 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1961 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 97.58 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 nn00514115 Id of event.
Event Code 00514115 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nn00514115, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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