Minor earthquake: M3.28999996 quake has struck near Ravensdale in Washington

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.28999996 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Ravensdale in Washington on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/12/20 / 2020-12-30 17:31:56 / December 30, 2020 @ 5:31 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 14.979999542236 km, -122.01716613769° West, 47.335998535156° North. Id of earthquake: uw61707531. Event ids that are associated: uw61707531. The temblor was reported at 17:31:56 / 5:31 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.979999542236 km (9 miles).

Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 33 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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marysville, Tumwater, Lake Stevens.

There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SW of Ravensdale, Washington. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.28999996 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.01716613769° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.335998535156° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.979999542236 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SW of Ravensdale, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-12-30 17:31:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-12-30 17:35:42	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	167	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	86	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	0.159999996 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	30	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	uw61707531	Id of event.
Event Code	61707531	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw61707531,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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