Translate
Kennewick, Benton, Washington (0 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) / rattling, vibrating : I turned on my seismic stuff and my phone seismic alert alarm and just monitoring it. (reported through our app)
Event status: disregarded [?]
Reported seismic-like event (likely no quake): 0.7 mi southwest of Kennewick, Benton County, Washington, USA, Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 at 7:32 am (GMT -8) -
Quake Data | Interactive map | User Reports | Earlier quakes here | Quakes in the US | Washington | Oregon
8 Dec 16:04 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 32 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Dec 8, 2021 15:32:30 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Wednesday, Dec 8, 2021 at 7:32 am (GMT -8) |
| Status | disregarded |
| Magnitude | unknown (3?) |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 46.20508°N / 119.14781°W  (Benton, Washington, United States) |
| Antipode | 46.205°S / 60.852°E |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking |
| Felt | 1 report |
| Primary data source | VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking) |
| Nearest volcano | Mount Adams (180 km / 112 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 1 km (1 mi) SW of Kennewick (pop: 78,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 5 km (3 mi) SW of Pasco (pop: 69,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 10 km (6 mi) WNW of Finley (Benton County) (pop: 6,010) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 14 km (9 mi) SE of Richland (pop: 54,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 20 km (12 mi) ESE of West Richland (Benton County) (pop: 13,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) ESE of Benton City (pop: 3,230) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) NNE of Hermiston (Umatilla County, Oregon) (pop: 17,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) WNW of Walla Walla (pop: 32,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 67 km (42 mi) E of Sunnyside (Yakima County) (pop: 16,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 113 km (70 mi) ESE of Yakima (pop: 93,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  8°C (46 F), humidity: 74%, wind: 4 m/s (8 kts) from W |
User reports for this quake (1)
User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
Contribute:
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!
Earlier earthquakes in the same area
Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!
