Minor earthquake, 2.9805099964142 mag strikes near Hoodsport in Washington

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9805099964142 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Hoodsport in Washington on Tuesday. The temblor was detected at 09:18:18 / 9:18 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 40.169998168945 km (25 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -123.43800354004 West, latitude 47.515335083008 North, depth = 40.169998168945 km. Id of earthquake: uw62098432. Event ids that are associated: uw62098432. Global time and date of event 13/05/25 / 2025-05-13 09:18:18 / May 13, 2025 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Olympia (c. 46 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Lacey (c. 42 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bremerton (c. 37 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from University Place (c. 31 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Bainbridge Island (c. 23 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was DuPont, Fircrest, Klahanie. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9805099964142 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-123.43800354004° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.515335083008° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	40.169998168945 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km WNW of Hoodsport, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-05-13 09:18:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-05-13 09:20:50	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	137	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	49	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	50	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	uw62098432	Id of event.
Event Code	62098432	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62098432,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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