A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Mabton in Washington on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 03:31:01 / February 19, 2018 @ 3:31 am. Exact location of earthquake, -120.1480026° West, 45.9213333° North, depth 16.37 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.37 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 19:31:01 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: uw61349942. Unique identifier: uw61349942.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Richland, Union Gap, West Richland (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Richland (c. 48 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hermiston (c. 16 700 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Sunnyside (c. 15 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from West Richland (c. 11 800 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Grandview (c. 10 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby.
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