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Minor earthquake, 3.217032790184 mag has occurred near Desert Aire in Washington


Earthquake location 46.609832763672S, -119.79699707031WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.217032790184 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Desert Aire in Washington. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/24 / 2024-09-23 03:22:33 / September 23, 2024 @ 3:22 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62049146. Id of event: uw62049146. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.79699707031 West, latitude 46.609832763672 North, depth = 7.6500000953674 km. The 3.217032790184-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:22:33 / 3:22 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.6500000953674 km (5 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 54 km (34 miles) from Yakima (c. 91 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Kennewick (c. 73 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Pasco (c. 59 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Richland (c. 48 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Moses Lake (c. 20 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Finley, Ellensburg, Moses Lake (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.217032790184 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.79699707031° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.609832763672° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.6500000953674 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-23 03:22:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-23 03:25:32 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 159 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 32 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 0.0700000003 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 uw62049146 Id of event.
Event Code 62049146 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw62049146, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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