A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.25 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Hansville in Washington. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.29 km (13 miles). The temblor was detected at 09:56:36 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: uw61265222. Unique identifier: uw61265222. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/05/17 / 2017-05-11 17:56:36 / May 11, 2017 @ 5:56 pm. Exact location of event, depth 21.29 km, -122.4716644° West, 47.9498329° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was University Place, Fife, Fircrest (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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