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Moderate earthquake: M5.7 quake has struck near Bandon in Oregon


Earthquake location 43.435S, -127.342WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 240 km W of Bandon, Oregon (149 miles). Exact location, longitude -127.342° West, latitude 43.435° North, depth = 12 km. Id of earthquake: at00qm3alf. Event ids that are associated: at00qm3alf. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bandon in Oregon (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/12/20 / 2020-12-29 07:10:27 / December 29, 2020 @ 7:10 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12 km (7 miles). The 5.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:10:27 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 240 km W of Bandon, Oregon. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -127.342° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.435° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 240 km W 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 2020-12-29 07:10:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-29 07:19:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 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 500 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.41018 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 176.399985888 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00qm3alf Id of event.
Event Code 00qm3alf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00qm3alf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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