Minor earthquake, 3.24 mag has occurred near Bandon in Oregon

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.24 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Bandon in Oregon on Sunday. Id of earthquake: uw61221842. Event ids that are associated: uw61221842. The temblor was detected at 22:42:00 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/12/16 / 2016-12-05 06:42:00 / December 5, 2016 @ 6:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 17.58 km (11 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -124.4748333° West, 43.2553333° North, depth 17.58 km.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was North Bend, Coos Bay. Event epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Coos Bay (c. 16 000 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from North Bend (c. 9 700 pop).

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 in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km NNW of Bandon, Oregon. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.24 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.4748333° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.2553333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.58 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km NNW of Bandon, Oregon	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-05 06:42:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-12-05 07:11:21	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	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	2.61	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	162	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	uw	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,uw,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1718	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.34 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	223	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	uw61221842	Id of event.
Event Code	61221842	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61221842,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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