A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Packwood in Washington. Id of earthquake: uw61091382. Event ids that are associated: uw61091382. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 14:15:06 / November 18, 2015 @ 2:15 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:15:06 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.99 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -121.6383362° West, latitude 46.5470009° North, depth = 3.99 km.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Prairie Ridge, Graham, Orting (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Graham (c. 23 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Prairie Ridge (c. 11 500 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Orting (c. 6 700 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eight 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SSE of Packwood, Washington.
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