A 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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