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Minor earthquake, 3.36999989 mag has occurred near Enetai in Washington


Earthquake location 47.590667724609S, -122.57550048828WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36999989 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Enetai in Washington on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude -122.57550048828 West, latitude 47.590667724609 North, depth = 21.870000839233 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.870000839233 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/12/20 / 2020-12-15 16:27:13 / December 15, 2020 @ 4:27 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: uw61705566. Unique identifier: uw61705566. The temblor was reported at 16:27:13 / 4:27 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oak Harbor, Arlington, Stanwood (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km ENE of Enetai, Washington. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.36999989 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.57550048828° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.590667724609° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 21.870000839233 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km ENE of Enetai, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-15 16:27:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-15 16:32:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 2.75 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 175 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 51 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 0.109999999 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 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 uw61705566 Id of event.
Event Code 61705566 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61705566, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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