A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Cathlamet in Washington. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.34 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 07:25:54 / May 25, 2018 @ 7:25 am. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:25:54 / 11:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -123.2906667° West, 46.3955° North, depth 16.34 km. Unique identifier: uw61392776. Ids that are associated to the event: uw61392776.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Scappoose, Olympia, Aberdeen (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Olympia (c. 46 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Longview (c. 36 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tumwater (c. 17 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aberdeen (c. 16 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Centralia (c. 16 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km NNE of Cathlamet, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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