Minor earthquake: M2.82 quake strikes near Morton in Washington

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (mg/mb) was reported Wednesday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Morton in Washington. The temblor was reported at 03:14:48 / 3:14 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 12.51 km (8 miles). Global time of event 15/04/15 / 2015-04-15 10:14:48 / April 15, 2015 @ 10:14 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -122.239 West, latitude 46.3433333 North, depth 12.51 km, unique identifier, uw60999111.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Longview (c. 36 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Salmon Creek (c. 19 700 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Battle Ground (c. 17 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Centralia (c. 16 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Saint Helens (c. 12 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salmon Creek, Mount Vista, Yelm.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.239° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	46.3433333° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.51 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	24km S of Morton, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-04-15 10:14:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-04-15 10:30:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-420	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	2.29	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	122	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	21	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.01689	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	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	uw60999111	Id of event.
Event Code	60999111	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw60999111,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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