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Minor earthquake, 2.88000011 mag strikes near Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake in Washington


Earthquake location 47.581165313721S, -122.73217010498WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88000011 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake in Washington. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.73217010498 West, latitude 47.581165313721 North, depth = 23.549999237061 km. The temblor was detected at 10:26:47 / 10:26 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/06/19 / 2019-06-01 18:26:47 / June 1, 2019 @ 6:26 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 23.549999237061 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: uw61525761. Ids that are associated to the event: uw61525761.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 30 km (19 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yelm, North Bend, Woods Creek (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88000011 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.73217010498° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.581165313721° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 23.549999237061 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-01 18:26:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-01 18:32:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status automatic Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 128 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network uw The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,uw, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 72 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.150000006 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID uw61525761 Id of event.
Event Code 61525761 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61525761, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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