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Light earthquake, 4.27 mag was detected near Coulee Dam in Washington


Earthquake location 48.3061667S, -119.0141667WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.27 (ml/mb) was reported 34 km N of Coulee Dam, Washington (21 miles) on Tuesday. The 4.27-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:42:45 / 9:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 9.68 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 01/09/15 / 2015-09-01 16:42:45 / September 1, 2015 @ 4:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -119.0141667 West, latitude 48.3061667 North, depth = 9.68 km. Event id: uw61073836. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fen, uw61073836. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km N of Coulee Dam, Washington.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.27 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.0141667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.3061667° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.68 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km N of Coulee Dam, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-09-01 16:42:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-09-01 16:53:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 281 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 ,us,uw, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2192 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 uw61073836 Id of event.
Event Code 61073836 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20003fen,uw61073836, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

1 Comment

  1. Sharon

    Family member in Fruitvale, B.C. felt and reported it on Facebook

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