Minor earthquake: M3.16000009 quake has struck near Ocean Shores in Washington

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.16000009 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ocean Shores in Washington. The 3.16000009-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:42:56 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -124.45016479492° West, latitude 47.213665008545° North, depth = 35.259998321533 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61573897. Id of event: uw61573897. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.259998321533 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/02/20 / 2020-02-13 10:42:56 / February 13, 2020 @ 10:42 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Ocean Shores (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Aberdeen (c. 16 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hoquiam (c. 8 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Ocean Shores (c. 5 600 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 34 km NW of Ocean Shores, Washington.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.16000009 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.45016479492° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.213665008545° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	35.259998321533 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	34km NW of Ocean Shores, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-02-13 10:42:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-02-13 10:46:46	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	154	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	27	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	0.629999995 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	160	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	uw61573897	Id of event.
Event Code	61573897	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61573897,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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