Minor earthquake, 3.1872751712799 mag was detected near Greenwater in Washington

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1872751712799 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Greenwater in Washington on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 17:54:06 / 5:54 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: uw62076406. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62076406. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/02/25 / 2025-02-18 17:54:06 / February 18, 2025 @ 5:54 pm. Exact location, longitude -121.49900054932° West, latitude 47.182167053223° North, depth = 4.9000000953674 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.9000000953674 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was University Place, Kingsgate, Seattle (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (49 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Renton (c. 90 900 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km ENE of Greenwater, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1872751712799 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-121.49900054932° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.182167053223° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.9000000953674 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 km ENE of Greenwater, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-18 17:54:06	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-18 17:59:08	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	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	156	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	147	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2037	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.200000003 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	30	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	uw62076406	Id of event.
Event Code	62076406	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62076406,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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