A light earthquake with magnitude 4.16 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Toppenish in Washington. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.05 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:37:47 / 8:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -120.5388336 West, latitude 46.1689987 North, depth = 9.05 km. All ids that are associated to the event: uw61361706. Unique identifier: uw61361706. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 04:37:47 / December 30, 2017 @ 4:37 am.
Epicenter of the event was 48 km (30 miles) from Yakima (c. 91 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Sunnyside (c. 15 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from The Dalles (c. 13 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from West Valley (c. 12 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from West Richland (c. 11 800 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Grandview (c. 10 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was West Richland, The Dalles, Prosser.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 29 km SW of Toppenish, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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