A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Richland in Washington on Friday. The temblor was reported at 10:16:50 / 10:16 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: uw61369557. Unique identifier: uw61369557. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 18:16:50 / May 4, 2018 @ 6:16 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.1 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth -0.1 km, -119.1878357° West, 46.4068336° North.
Event epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Kennewick (c. 73 900 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Pasco (c. 59 800 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Richland (c. 48 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Walla Walla (c. 31 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hermiston (c. 16 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Walla Walla, College Place, Sunnyside. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 15 km NNE of Richland, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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