A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Gold Bar in Washington on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/15 / 2015-10-14 03:07:05 / October 14, 2015 @ 3:07 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.3 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61077957. Id of event: uw61077957. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:07:05 / 8:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.569664 West, latitude 47.9273338 North, depth = 1.3 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Camano, SeaTac, Covington. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Renton (c. 90 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Marysville (c. 60 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km NE of Gold Bar, Washington. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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