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Minor earthquake, 3.3032366037369 mag has occurred near Coulee Dam in Washington


Earthquake location 47.827835083008S, -119.21549987793WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3032366037369 (ml/mb) strikes 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Coulee Dam in Washington on Monday. Exact location of earthquake, -119.21549987793° West, 47.827835083008° North, depth 6.8600001335144 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61560321. Id of event: uw61560321. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.8600001335144 km (4 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:48:57 / 8:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/11/19 / 2019-11-18 16:48:57 / November 18, 2019 @ 4:48 pm.

Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Moses Lake (c. 20 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ephrata (c. 7 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Quincy (c. 6 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Quincy, Moses Lake, Ephrata. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 one 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 23 km SW of Coulee Dam, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3032366037369 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.21549987793° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.827835083008° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.8600001335144 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km SW of Coulee Dam, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-11-18 16:48:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-11-18 17:02:23 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 168 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 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 0.340000004 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 uw61560321 Id of event.
Event Code 61560321 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61560321, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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