Minor earthquake 2.9708557128906 mag, 6 km ENE of Fall City, Washington

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9708557128906 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Fall City in Washington on Tuesday. The 2.9708557128906-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:03:24 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/01/25 / 2025-01-21 01:03:24 / January 21, 2025 @ 1:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -121.81199645996 West, latitude 47.597831726074 North, depth = 14.840000152588 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.840000152588 km (9 miles). Event id: uw62071451. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62071451, us6000plce.

The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Steilacoom, Elk Plain, Spanaway (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 6 km ENE of Fall City, Washington.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9708557128906 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.81199645996° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.597831726074° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.840000152588 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km ENE of Fall City, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-21 01:03:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-01-21 01:11:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	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	reviewed	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	137	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,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	59	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1051	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.170000002 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	58	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	uw62071451	Id of event.
Event Code	62071451	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62071451,us6000plce,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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