A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Tieton in Washington. Exact location of event, longitude -121.0628333 West, latitude 46.6961667 North, depth = 1.3 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/12/17 / 2017-12-28 23:08:31 / December 28, 2017 @ 11:08 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:08:31 / 3:08 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: uw61361616. Event ids that are associated: uw61361616. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.3 km (1 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toppenish, Ellensburg, Terrace Heights (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Yakima (c. 91 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Ellensburg (c. 18 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from West Valley (c. 12 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Toppenish (c. 8 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Selah (c. 7 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km W of Tieton, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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