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Minor earthquake 2.74 mag, 27 km E of Eatonville, Washington


Earthquake location 46.8414993S, -121.9138336WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.74 (mg/mb) was reported Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Eatonville in Washington. The temblor was reported at 06:36:36 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 9.74 km (6 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-26 02:36:36 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -121.9138336 West, latitude 46.8414993 North, depth 9.74 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Renton (c. 90 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Federal Way (c. 89 300 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Auburn (c. 70 200 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Burien, Issaquah, Riverton.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.74 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.9138336° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.8414993° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.74 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 27km E of Eatonville, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-26 02:36:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-26 02:40:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 116 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.05411 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID uw60950382 Id of event.
Event Code 60950382 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS uw60950382 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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