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Minor earthquake, 3.41000009 mag has occurred near Fort Hill Census Designated Place in Oregon


Earthquake location 45.11833190918S, -123.58266448975WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.41000009 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Fort Hill Census Designated Place in Oregon on Friday. The 3.41000009-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:07:31 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.240001678467 km (31 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/12/20 / 2020-12-04 14:07:31 / December 4, 2020 @ 2:07 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -123.58266448975 West, latitude 45.11833190918 North, depth = 49.240001678467 km. Event id: uw61694182. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61694182.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oatfield, Gladstone, Milwaukie (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Salem (c. 154 600 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hillsboro (c. 91 600 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Beaverton (c. 89 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Corvallis (c. 54 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Albany (c. 50 200 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 6 km NNW of Fort Hill Census Designated Place, Oregon.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.41000009 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -123.58266448975° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.11833190918° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 49.240001678467 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km NNW of Fort Hill Census Designated Place, Oregon Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-04 14:07:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-04 14:10:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 179 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 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.189999998 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122 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 uw61694182 Id of event.
Event Code 61694182 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61694182, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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