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Minor earthquake, 3.89 mag has occurred near Blyn in Washington


Earthquake location 47.924833333333S, -123.13733333333WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.89 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Blyn in Washington. Exact location of earthquake, -123.13733333333° West, 47.924833333333° North, depth 41.98 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:18:24 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: uw62079456. Ids that are associated to the event: uw62079456. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.98 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/25 / 2025-03-06 00:18:24 / March 6, 2025 @ 12:18 am.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Duvall, Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Monroe (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Renton (c. 90 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Marysville (c. 60 000 pop).

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km SW of Blyn, Washington. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.89 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -123.13733333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.924833333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 41.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SW of Blyn, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-06 00:18:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-06 00:25:56 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 15 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 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 240 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1184 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 23 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 uw62079456 Id of event.
Event Code 62079456 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw62079456, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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