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Magnitude 2.8 MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 18:47:56 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

World Location

Regional Location

Magnitude 2.8
Date-Time Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 18:47:56 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 11:47:56 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 46.20N 122.19W
Depth 1 kilometers
Region MOUNT ST. HELENS AREA, WASHINGTON
Reference 60 km (35 miles) E of Longview, Washington
60 km (40 miles) SW of Packwood, Washington
110 km (65 miles) SSE of OLYMPIA, Washington
155 km (95 miles) S of Seattle, Washington
Location Quality Error estimate not available, held by USGS NEIC to another agency's solution
Location Quality
Parameters
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Source SEA

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