Minor earthquake, 3.05 mag strikes near Toppenish in Washington

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Toppenish in Washington on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 11:03:30 / 11:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -120.5203323 West, latitude 46.1906662 North, depth = -0.61 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 19:03:30 / October 12, 2017 @ 7:03 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: uw61317442. Ids that are associated to the event: uw61317442. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.61 km (-0 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Yakima (c. 91 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Sunnyside (c. 15 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from West Valley (c. 12 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Grandview (c. 10 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Toppenish (c. 8 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Prosser, Selah, Grandview.

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 occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 26 km SW of Toppenish, Washington.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.05 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.5203323° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	46.1906662° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	-0.61 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26km SW of Toppenish, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-10-12 19:03:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-10-12 19:20:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-480	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	143	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	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.336	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.24 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	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	uw61317442	Id of event.
Event Code	61317442	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61317442,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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