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Minor earthquake, 2.81 mag was detected near Cedar Mill in Oregon


Earthquake location 45.5196648S, -122.8101654WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Cedar Mill in Oregon on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: uw61292801. Event ids that are associated: uw61292801. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:03:32 / 3:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/06/17 / 2017-06-14 11:03:32 / June 14, 2017 @ 11:03 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.43 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -122.8101654 West, latitude 45.5196648 North, depth = 19.43 km.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 10 km (6 miles) from Portland (c. 583 800 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Vancouver (c. 161 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Salem (c. 154 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Gresham (c. 105 600 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Hillsboro (c. 91 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was West Side Highway, Kelso, Longview.

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 0 km S of Cedar Mill, Oregon.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.81 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.8101654° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.5196648° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 19.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0km S of Cedar Mill, Oregon Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-14 11:03:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-14 11:06:58 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 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 121 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 36 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05493 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID uw61292801 Id of event.
Event Code 61292801 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61292801, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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