Minor earthquake 2.86 mag, 3 km NE of Mineral, Washington

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Mineral in Washington on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -122.1505° West, latitude 46.7345° North, depth = 17.16 km. Id of earthquake: uw62180242. Event ids that are associated: uw62180242. The temblor was picked up at 21:17:58 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.16 km (11 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/09/25 / 2025-09-13 21:17:58 / September 13, 2025 @ 9:17 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Des Moines, East Hill-Meridian, Gig Harbor (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kent (c. 92 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Federal Way (c. 89 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Auburn (c. 70 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Lakewood (c. 58 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km NE of Mineral, Washington.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.86 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-122.1505° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	46.7345° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.16 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km NE of Mineral, Washington	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-13 21:17:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-14 03:47:11	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	3.4	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	reviewed	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	127	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	92	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.04344	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	54	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	uw62180242	Id of event.
Event Code	62180242	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62180242,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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