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Moderate earthquake, 5.24 mag was detected near Brookings in OR


Earthquake location 41.8911667S, -125.8366667WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.24 (ml/mb) was reported 130 km W of Brookings, OR (81 miles) on Monday. The temblor was detected at 03:01:04 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Brookings in OR (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/19 / 2019-10-28 11:01:04 / October 28, 2019 @ 11:01 am. Exact location, longitude -125.8366667° West, latitude 41.8911667° North, depth = 9.99 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.99 km (6 miles). Event id: nc73298125. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600063ws, nc73298125, at00q02zxp, uw61557526.

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 130 km W of Brookings, OR. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.24 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -125.8366667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.8911667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.99 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 130km W 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 2019-10-28 11:01:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-10-29 02:04:11 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 13 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 0 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 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 427 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 ,us,nc,at,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 1.234 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 264 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nc73298125 Id of event.
Event Code 73298125 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600063ws,nc73298125,at00q02zxp,uw61557526, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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