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Minor earthquake, 3.34 mag was detected near Enetai in Washington


Earthquake location 47.5913315S, -122.5664978WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.34 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Enetai in Washington on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.12 km (14 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 08:14:32 / May 10, 2017 @ 8:14 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: uw61264612. Event ids that are associated: uw61264612. Exact location of earthquake, -122.5664978° West, 47.5913315° North, depth 22.12 km. The temblor was reported at 00:14:32 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Oak Harbor, Arlington, Stanwood.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km ENE of Enetai, Washington.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.34 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.5664978° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.5913315° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.12 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km ENE of Enetai, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-10 08:14:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-10 08:18:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 8 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 175 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 42 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1559 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 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 uw61264612 Id of event.
Event Code 61264612 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61264612, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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