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Minor earthquake: M3.6772799491882 quake has struck near Neah Bay in Washington

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A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6772799491882 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Neah Bay in Washington. Exact location of event, longitude -124.3853302002 West, latitude 48.423831939697 North, depth = 41.880001068115 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 02:17:24 / August 19, 2025 @ 2:17 am. The 3.6772799491882-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:17:24 / 2:17 am (local time epicenter). Event id: uw62173216. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62173216. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.880001068115 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oak Bay, Port Angeles, North Saanich (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from North Cowichan (c. 32 300 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Langford (c. 22 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Duncan (c. 22 200 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Port Angeles (c. 19 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Oak Bay (c. 18 000 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 nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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: 18 km ENE of Neah Bay, Washington. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.6772799491882 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-124.3853302002° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.423831939697° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	41.880001068115 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km ENE of Neah Bay, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-19 02:17:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-19 02:21:00	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	208	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	67	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	0.189999998 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	99	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	uw62173216	Id of event.
Event Code	62173216	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62173216,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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