Minor earthquake: M2.94000006 quake has struck near Sudden Valley in Washington

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94000006 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Sudden Valley in Washington on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -122.24633026123 West, latitude 48.6686668396 North, depth = 6.9899997711182 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/06/19 / 2019-06-21 07:38:07 / June 21, 2019 @ 7:38 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61529802. Id of event: uw61529802. The temblor was detected at 23:38:07 / 11:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.9899997711182 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Coquitlam, New Westminster, Ladner (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Abbotsford (c. 151 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Coquitlam (c. 114 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop).

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

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km SE of Sudden Valley, Washington. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.94000006 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.24633026123° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.6686668396° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.9899997711182 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	9km SE of Sudden Valley, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-06-21 07:38:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-06-21 07:41:47	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	133	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	52	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	0.25999999 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	52	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	uw61529802	Id of event.
Event Code	61529802	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61529802,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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