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Light earthquake, 4.57 mag has occurred near Three Lakes in Washington


Earthquake location 47.872S, -122.00766666667WA light earthquake magnitude 4.57 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Three Lakes in Washington. A tsunami warning has been issued near Three Lakes in Washington (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -122.00766666667° West, 47.872° North, depth 22.31 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:51:39 / 1:51 am (local time epicenter). Event id: uw61535372. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00puiwq1, us70004iwe, uw61535372. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 22.31 km (14 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/07/19 / 2019-07-12 09:51:39 / July 12, 2019 @ 9:51 am UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sudden Valley, Elk Plain, Fort Lewis. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Renton (c. 90 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Federal Way (c. 89 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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: 0 km SSW of Three Lakes, Washington.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.57 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.00766666667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.872° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 0km SSW of Three Lakes, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-07-12 09:51:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-12 10:34:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3472 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.6 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 1 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 821 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 ,at,us,uw, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 67 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 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 103 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 uw61535372 Id of event.
Event Code 61535372 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00puiwq1,us70004iwe,uw61535372, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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