A minor earthquake magnitude 3.38 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Three Lakes in Washington on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: uw61176166. Unique identifier: uw61176166. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/16 / 2016-07-01 18:36:28 / July 1, 2016 @ 6:36 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.16 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -121.916832° West, latitude 48.0014992° North, depth = 7.16 km. The 3.38-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:36:28 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (33 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Renton (c. 90 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Federal Way, Auburn, Lakeland North.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 9 km NE of Three Lakes, Washington.
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