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Minor earthquake: M3.3349488973618 quake has struck near Duvall in Washington


Earthquake location 47.71533203125S, -121.97383117676WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3349488973618 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Duvall in Washington. Global time and date of event 22/03/20 / 2020-03-22 09:36:01 / March 22, 2020 @ 9:36 am UTC/GMT. The 3.3349488973618-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:36:01 / 1:36 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.760000228882 km (14 miles). Exact location of event, depth 22.760000228882 km, -121.97383117676° West, 47.71533203125° North. Event id: uw61585377. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61585377.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fort Lewis, Oak Harbor, Elk Plain (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km SSE of Duvall, Washington.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3349488973618 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.97383117676° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.71533203125° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.760000228882 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km SSE of Duvall, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-22 09:36:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-03-22 09:43:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 9 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.34 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 reviewed 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 174 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 39 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 0.100000001 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID uw61585377 Id of event.
Event Code 61585377 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61585377, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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