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Light earthquake, 4.6017980575562 mag has occurred near Orcas in Washington

Posted by admin on March 3, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 48.611667633057S, -122.7996673584WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6017980575562 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Orcas in Washington. The 4.6017980575562-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:02:37 / 1:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Orcas in Washington (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.64999961853 km (10 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ew1741006960, uw62078906, at00ssjtkc. Id of event: uw62078906. Exact location of event, depth 15.64999961853 km, -122.7996673584° West, 48.611667633057° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/03/25 / 2025-03-03 13:02:37 / March 3, 2025 @ 1:02 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Vancouver (c. 1 838 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Surrey (c. 395 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Burnaby (c. 202 800 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ladner (c. 200 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Richmond (c. 182 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Abbotsford (c. 151 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Poulsbo, Alderwood Manor, Silver Firs (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 10 km E of Orcas, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6017980575562 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -122.7996673584° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 48.611667633057° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.64999961853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km E of Orcas, Washington Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-03 13:02:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-03 13:09:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 21 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 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 1 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 337 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 ,ew,uw,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 42 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 0.140000001 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 uw62078906 Id of event.
Event Code 62078906 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ew1741006960,uw62078906,at00ssjtkc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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