A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Waterville in Washington on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -120.018837 West, latitude 47.699501 North, depth = 0.55 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/17 / 2017-08-08 08:39:34 / August 8, 2017 @ 8:39 am. The temblor was reported at 00:39:34 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.55 km (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: uw61290507. Unique identifier: uw61290507.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ephrata, Quincy, Wenatchee (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Wenatchee (c. 31 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from East Wenatchee (c. 13 200 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from East Wenatchee Bench (c. 8 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ephrata (c. 7 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Quincy (c. 6 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km NE of Waterville, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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