A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8499999 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Cathcart in Washington. The 2.8499999-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:16:33 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -122.08233642578 West, latitude 47.858165740967 North, depth = 25.010000228882 km. Global time and date of event 23/09/20 / 2020-09-23 15:16:33 / September 23, 2020 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: uw61686826. Ids that are associated to the event: uw61686826. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.010000228882 km (16 miles).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Puyallup, Waller, Fircrest (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter 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), 16 km (10 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 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 1 km NE of Cathcart, Washington.
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