Minor earthquake: M2.82999992 quake has struck near Black Diamond in Washington

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82999992 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Black Diamond in Washington on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 04:35:14 / 4:35 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw61706216. Id of event: uw61706216. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.219999313354 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/20 / 2020-12-20 04:35:14 / December 20, 2020 @ 4:35 am. Exact location of event, depth 16.219999313354 km, -122.01683044434° West, 47.333499908447° North.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tumwater, Lake Stevens, Olympia (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Bellevue (c. 122 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop).

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 2 km NNW of Black Diamond, Washington.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.82999992 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.01683044434° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.333499908447° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.219999313354 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km NNW of Black Diamond, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-20 04:35:14	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-20 04:38:02	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	123	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	62	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	0.180000007 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	uw61706216	Id of event.
Event Code	61706216	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61706216,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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