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Minor earthquake 2.9665429592133 mag, 21 km NNW of Hoodsport, Washington

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A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9665429592133 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Hoodsport in Washington. The temblor was detected at 00:56:59 / 12:56 am (local time epicenter). Event id: uw62191312. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uw62191312. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/10/25 / 2025-10-09 00:56:59 / October 9, 2025 @ 12:56 am. Exact location of event, longitude -123.29616546631 West, latitude 47.568668365479 North, depth = 40.590000152588 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 40.590000152588 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, Lynnwood (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Seattle (c. 608 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Tacoma (c. 198 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Lakewood (c. 58 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Shoreline (c. 53 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Olympia (c. 46 500 pop).

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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9665429592133 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-123.29616546631° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	47.568668365479° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	40.590000152588 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	21 km NNW 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	2025-10-09 00:56:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-09 01:00:37	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	135	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		Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.639999986 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	42	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	uw62191312	Id of event.
Event Code	62191312	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,uw62191312,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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