Reported seismic-like event (likely no quake): 12 mi north of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022 at 4:34 pm (GMT -5) -

29 Nov 22:37 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 1 hour and 3 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 29, 2022 21:34:32 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Tuesday, Nov 29, 2022 at 4:34 pm (GMT -5)
Status	disregarded
Magnitude	unknown (3?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	39.46475°N / 76.64158°W (Maryland, United States)
Antipode	39.465°S / 103.358°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	4 km (2 mi) NNW of Timonium (Maryland) (pop: 9,930) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 8 km (5 mi) NNW of Towson (Maryland) (pop: 55,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 12 km (8 mi) NE of Pikesville (Maryland) (pop: 30,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) ENE of Owings Mills (Maryland) (pop: 30,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 13 km (8 mi) NW of Parkville (Maryland) (pop: 30,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 15 km (10 mi) NNE of Gwynn Oak (Maryland) (pop: 47,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 20 km (12 mi) N of Baltimore (Maryland) (pop: 621,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 72 km (45 mi) NNE of Washington (District of Columbia) (pop: 601,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Seismic station: Greenville, DE, USA (GEDE/LD network) | Distance from quake: 94 km / 59 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Greenville, DE, USA: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Timmonium Maryland (0 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : Ground shaking lights swinging and flickering

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