Minor earthquake: M2.8053560256958 quake has struck near Ephrata in Washington

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8053560256958 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Ephrata in Washington on Friday. The temblor was detected at 12:57:00 / 12:57 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/12/24 / 2024-12-27 12:57:00 / December 27, 2024 @ 12:57 pm. Event id: uw62060682. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62060682. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.77449798584 West, latitude 47.416168212891 North, depth = 4.4899997711182 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.4899997711182 km (3 miles).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ellensburg, Moses Lake, Wenatchee. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Wenatchee (c. 31 900 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Moses Lake (c. 20 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ellensburg (c. 18 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from East Wenatchee (c. 13 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from East Wenatchee Bench (c. 8 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8053560256958 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-119.77449798584° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.416168212891° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.4899997711182 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km WNW of Ephrata, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-27 12:57:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-27 13:00:11	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	121	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	5	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	0.889999986 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	157	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	uw62060682	Id of event.
Event Code	62060682	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62060682,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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