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Strong earthquake 6.2 mag, 265 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon

Posted by admin on August 22, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 43.6449S, -127.6031WA earthquake magnitude 6.2 (ml/mb) strikes 265 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon (165 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bandon in Oregon (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00pduvsw, us1000gf8u. Id of event: us1000gf8u. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -127.6031 West, latitude 43.6449 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 6.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:31:47 / 12:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/08/18 / 2018-08-22 09:31:47 / August 22, 2018 @ 9:31 am UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 265 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -127.6031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.6449° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 265km WNW 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 2018-08-22 09:31:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-22 09:59:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -540 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 3.71 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 594 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.579 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000gf8u Id of event.
Event Code 1000gf8u An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00pduvsw,us1000gf8u, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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