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Minor earthquake, 2.96 mag was detected near Brookings in OR


Earthquake location 41.7608333S, -126.1381667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was reported 157 km WSW of Brookings, OR (98 miles) on Saturday. Id of earthquake: nc73180420. Event ids that are associated: nc73180420, us70003jww. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/19 / 2019-05-11 22:44:26 / May 11, 2019 @ 10:44 pm. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:44:26 / 2:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -126.1381667° West, 41.7608333° North, depth 23.73 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 23.73 km (15 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 157 km WSW of Brookings, OR.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.96 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -126.1381667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.7608333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 157km WSW of Brookings, OR Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-05-11 22:44:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-13 23:37:59 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 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 135 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nc The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nc,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.495 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.25 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 291 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 nc73180420 Id of event.
Event Code 73180420 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nc73180420,us70003jww, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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