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Earthquake: M 2.52 quake strikes near Rockport in Washington


Earthquake location 48.4021667S, -121.3625WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.52 (mg/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Rockport in Washington. The temblor was reported at 03:34:35 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 1.15 km (1 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-25 11:34:35 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -121.3625 West, latitude 48.4021667 North, depth 1.15 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Marysville (c. 60 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Mount Vernon (c. 31 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Lake Stevens (c. 28 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from West Lake Stevens (c. 21 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Arlington (c. 17 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marysville, Mount Vernon, Burlington.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.52 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.3625° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.4021667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km ESE of Rockport, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-25 23:34:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-26 02:56:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 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 98 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 7 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1114 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 uw60950352 Id of event.
Event Code 60950352 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS uw60950352 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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