A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7978744506836 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Greenwater in Washington. Exact location of event, depth 2.7799999713898 km, -121.49633026123° West, 47.18433380127° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 15:15:34 / April 6, 2025 @ 3:15 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: uw62080827. Unique identifier: uw62080827. The 3.7978744506836-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:15:34 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.7799999713898 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lake Forest Park, DuPont, Artondale. The epicenter 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), 63 km (39 miles) from Federal Way (c. 89 300 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km ENE of Greenwater, Washington.
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