Minor earthquake 2.993499994278 mag, 2 km ESE of Mount Vernon, Washington

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.993499994278 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Mount Vernon in Washington on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/08/25 / 2025-08-21 08:01:52 / August 21, 2025 @ 8:01 am. Id of earthquake: uw62174381. Event ids that are associated: uw62174381. Exact location of earthquake, -122.30799865723° West, 48.410999298096° North, depth 6.5300002098083 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.5300002098083 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 08:01:52 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Canada (c. 33 679 000 pop), United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Victoria, Duvall, Langley. Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Victoria (c. 289 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Abbotsford (c. 151 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Everett (c. 103 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Langley (c. 93 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Bellingham (c. 80 900 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.993499994278 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.30799865723° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.410999298096° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.5300002098083 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km ESE of Mount Vernon, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-21 08:01:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-21 08:06:53	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	139	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	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	59	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	uw62174381	Id of event.
Event Code	62174381	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62174381,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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