Minor earthquake, 3.18000007 mag was detected near Carnation in Washington

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.18000007 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Carnation in Washington on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: uw61707366. Event ids that are associated: uw61707366. The temblor was reported at 14:36:34 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -121.86450195312° West, 47.664165496826° North, depth 15.770000457764 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/12/20 / 2020-12-29 14:36:34 / December 29, 2020 @ 2:36 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.770000457764 km (10 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 36 km (22 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Elk Plain, Steilacoom, Spanaway.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km ENE of Carnation, Washington. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.18000007 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.86450195312° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.664165496826° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.770000457764 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km ENE of Carnation, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-29 14:36:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-29 14:41:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2.7	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	157	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	98	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	0.140000001 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	25	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	uw61707366	Id of event.
Event Code	61707366	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61707366,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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