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Minor earthquake, 2.88000011 mag has occurred near Oso in Washington


Earthquake location 48.28116607666S, -121.87149810791WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88000011 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Oso in Washington. The temblor was picked up at 20:33:31 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/20 / 2020-07-30 20:33:31 / July 30, 2020 @ 8:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -121.87149810791° West, 48.28116607666° North, depth 14.979999542236 km. Id of earthquake: uw61664411. Event ids that are associated: uw61664411. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.979999542236 km (9 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bellingham (c. 80 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Marysville (c. 60 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Redmond (c. 54 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Shoreline (c. 53 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was City of Sammamish, Sammamish, Kirkland (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km ENE of Oso, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.88000011 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -121.87149810791° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.28116607666° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.979999542236 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km ENE of Oso, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-30 20:33:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-30 20:37:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 128 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 14 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 0.0700000003 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 uw61664411 Id of event.
Event Code 61664411 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61664411, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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