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Minor earthquake 2.94 mag, 25 km WNW of Forks, Washington


Earthquake location 48.036333333333S, -124.69683333333WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 25 km WNW of Forks, Washington (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -124.69683333333° West, 48.036333333333° North, depth 39.14 km. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:11:03 / 7:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.14 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: uw61692886. Event ids that are associated: uw61692886. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/10/20 / 2020-10-13 07:11:03 / October 13, 2020 @ 7:11 am UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 25 km WNW of Forks, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.94 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -124.69683333333° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.036333333333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 25 km WNW of Forks, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-13 07:11:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-13 17:48:54 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 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 133 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1249 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 196 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 uw61692886 Id of event.
Event Code 61692886 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,uw61692886, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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