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M 2.1ml

13 km SW of North Saanich, Canada

· 30 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Juan County 33 kmClallam County 57 kmIsland County 79 kmJefferson County 85 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
30 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
San Juan County, 33 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2559 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 48.5731, -123.5441. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Juan County, WA 33 km (21 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Clallam County, WA 57 km (36 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Clallam County
Island County, WA 79 km (49 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Island County
Jefferson County, WA 85 km (53 mi) N of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Kitsap County, WA 123 km (77 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.0 6 km W of Orcas, Washington
  2. 1.6 5 km NNW of Victoria, Canada
  3. 1.8 9 km WSW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  4. 2.5 7 km SSE of Oak Bay, Canada
  5. 1.8 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  6. 1.7 9 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  7. 1.5 9 km E of Ganges, Canada
  8. 1.5 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  9. 1.5 9 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  10. 1.8 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  11. 2.3 12 km ENE of Ganges, Canada
  12. 1.6 9 km E of Ganges, Canada
  13. 3.7 12 km ENE of Ganges, Canada
  14. 1.8 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  15. 1.7 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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