Minor earthquake, 3.0378851890564 mag was detected near Enetai in Washington

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.0378851890564 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Enetai in Washington on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 17:49:44 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/24 / 2024-10-01 17:49:44 / October 1, 2024 @ 5:49 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.940000534058 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62043042. Id of event: uw62043042. Exact location, longitude -122.57849884033° West, latitude 47.586166381836° North, depth = 24.940000534058 km.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oak Harbor, Arlington, Stanwood (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 1 km E of Enetai, Washington.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.0378851890564 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.57849884033° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.586166381836° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	24.940000534058 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	1 km E 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	2024-10-01 17:49:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-01 17:57:20	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		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	142	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	76	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	29	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	uw62043042	Id of event.
Event Code	62043042	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62043042,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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Minor earthquake, 3.0378851890564 mag was detected near Enetai in Washington

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