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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Orcas in Washington

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Orcas in Washington on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/03/25 / 2025-03-03 13:02:38 / March 3, 2025 @ 1:02 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:02:38 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1741006960. Id of event: ew1741006960. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -122.8116° West, 48.602° North, depth 9 km.

Nearby country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Richmond (c. 182 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Snohomish, West Vancouver, Chilliwack (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.8116° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.602° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9 km E of Orcas, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-03 13:02:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-03 13:03:00	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	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ew	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ew,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	109	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	sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap		The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mw	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ew1741006960	Id of event.
Event Code	1741006960	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ew1741006960,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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