A minor earthquake magnitude 3.45 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Fall City in Washington. The 3.45-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:10:59 / 7:10 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.66 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -121.83316666667° West, 47.603833333333° North, depth 14.66 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/12/19 / 2019-12-19 03:10:59 / December 19, 2019 @ 3:10 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61564491. Id of event: uw61564491.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was DuPont, Camano, Stanwood (min 5000 pop).
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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km NE of Fall City, Washington.
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