Magnitude 4.5 - SEATTLE-TACOMA URBAN AREA, WASHINGTON

[megimoo]

Magnitude 4.5 - SEATTLE-TACOMA URBAN AREA, WASHINGTON

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 4.5
Date-Time Friday, January 30, 2009 at 13:25:03 UTC
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 05:25:03 AM at epicenter

Location 47.772°N, 122.557°W
Depth 58.3 km (36.2 miles) set by location program
Region SEATTLE-TACOMA URBAN AREA, WASHINGTON
Distances 3 km (2 miles) NW (313°) from Indianola, WA
5 km (3 miles) N (7°) from Suquamish, WA
5 km (3 miles) SW (236°) from Kingston, WA
23 km (14 miles) NW (314°) from Seattle, WA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 1.4 km (0.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST= 34, Nph= 34, Dmin=26 km, Rmss=0.26 sec, Gp= 50°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network

Event ID uw01301325

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[SarasotaRepub]

Damn that Dark Halo...he can't keep from playing with The VRWC EarthQuake Machine!!!:mad::D

Let's see...volcano, earthquake, now all we need is a tsunami. ;)

[megimoo]

Damn that Dark Halo...he can't keep from playing with The VRWC EarthQuake Machine!!!:mad::D

Let's see...volcano, earthquake, now all we need is a tsunami. ;)Those happen with underwater Steam Eruptions !

[AHeneen]

Meh...nothin' but damn liberals, hippies, & envirowhackos up there anyways. If Seattle get destroyed or sinks to the bottom of Pugett Sound...I wouldn't care for a second.

[djones520]

Meh...nothin' but damn liberals, hippies, & envirowhackos up there anyways. If Seattle get destroyed or sinks to the bottom of Pugett Sound...I wouldn't care for a second.

Right... Nevermind Ft. Lewis, McChord AFB, and the plethora of Navy and Coast Guard installations there.

[AHeneen]

Right... Nevermind Ft. Lewis, McChord AFB, and the plethora of Navy and Coast Guard installations there.

Do you understand the concept of "tongue-in-cheek"?

[djones520]

Do you understand the concept of "tongue-in-cheek"?

Tongue in cheek or not, I don't particularly like it when people say they wouldn't care if my father was killed.

[BSR]

Meh...nothin' but damn liberals, hippies, & envirowhackos up there anyways. If Seattle get destroyed or sinks to the bottom of Pugett Sound...I wouldn't care for a second.

Hey wait a second.. :mad:

[Gingersnap]

So is that a significant quake or what?

We don't actually have them here since we quit injecting atomic weapons into the ground back in the 60s. :D

[BSR]

So is that a significant quake or what?

We don't actually have them here since we quit injecting atomic weapons into the ground back in the 60s. :D

4.5 is ok. I personally didn't feel it, I was high on nyquil at the time sound asleep. My wife didn't feel it either.

[cat714]

So is that a significant quake or what?

Nope...it's a good 4-5 second jolt.