Minor earthquake, 2.88000011 mag was detected near Tieton in Washington

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88000011 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Tieton in Washington. The 2.88000011-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:21:47 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/06/19 / 2019-06-15 03:21:47 / June 15, 2019 @ 3:21 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.8400001525879 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: uw61528401. Ids that are associated to the event: uw61528401. Exact location of event, longitude -120.93616485596 West, latitude 46.795665740967 North, depth = 4.8400001525879 km.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Yakima (c. 91 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ellensburg (c. 18 200 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from West Valley (c. 12 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Toppenish (c. 8 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Selah (c. 7 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Toppenish, Union Gap, Terrace Heights (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km NW of Tieton, Washington. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.88000011 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-120.93616485596° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	46.795665740967° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.8400001525879 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km NW of Tieton, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-06-15 03:21:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-06-15 03:25:26	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	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	128	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.170000002 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	99	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	uw61528401	Id of event.
Event Code	61528401	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61528401,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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