A minor earthquake magnitude 3.57999992 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Entiat in Washington. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/05/20 / 2020-05-01 00:06:23 / May 1, 2020 @ 12:06 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.1199998855591 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -120.34033203125° West, latitude 47.710498809815° North, depth = 5.1199998855591 km. The 3.57999992-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:06:23 / 4:06 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: uw61618306. Unique identifier: uw61618306.
The epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Wenatchee (c. 31 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ellensburg (c. 18 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from East Wenatchee (c. 13 200 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from East Wenatchee Bench (c. 8 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Ephrata (c. 7 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Quincy (c. 6 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ellensburg, Ephrata, Quincy (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 10 km WNW of Entiat, Washington.
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