A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86999989 (ml/mb) was reported 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Cathcart in Washington on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -122.06183624268 West, latitude 47.856834411621 North, depth = 26.549999237061 km. Event id: uw61536062. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61536062. The 2.86999989-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:44:45 / 9:44 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.549999237061 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 17:44:45 / July 14, 2019 @ 5:44 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fircrest, Puyallup, Waller. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days nine 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. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km ENE of Cathcart, Washington.
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