Did you feel it during your sunny Mother’s Day picnic? Afternoon quake rattles region
On a perfect sunny Mother’s Day afternoon in the Pacific Northwest, Mother Earth reminded us to appreciate her when a 2.6-magnitude earthquake shook the region, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
The quake, which hit at 1:10 p.m. Sunday, May 10, was centered beneath Whidbey Island, approximately 2 miles north-northeast of Coupeville, the USGS reported. The epicenter was approximately 37 miles south-southeast of downtown Bellingham, according to googlemaps.com.
It was measured approximately half a mile deep, according to the USGS webpage on the quake.
No damage was reported, but 12 people reported feeling the quake on the USGS’ “Did You Feel It?” web page.
Quakes of less than magnitude 3.0 are common, and tens of thousands are reported worldwide every year, according to the USGS.
A quake of magnitude 1.0 to 3.0 is not felt except by a very few under especially favorable conditions, according to the USGS.
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