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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

0 km SW of Bainbridge Island, Washington

· 17 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 9 kmKing County 54 kmMason County 57 kmIsland County 61 kmPierce County 69 kmSnohomish County 75 kmJefferson County 77 kmThurston County 79 kmSan Juan County 107 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 9 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3426 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 47.6202, -122.5305. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 9 km (6 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
King County, WA 54 km (34 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near King County
Mason County, WA 57 km (35 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Island County, WA 61 km (38 mi) S of here earthquakes near Island County
Pierce County, WA 69 km (43 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Snohomish County, WA 75 km (47 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.3 7 km N of Quilcene, Washington
  2. 1.9 5 km WNW of Lofall, Washington
  3. 1.5 1 km NE of Enetai, Washington
  4. 1.8 4 km WSW of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington
  5. 1.5 2 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington
  6. 1.6 1 km NE of Yarrow Point, Washington
  7. 2.0 5 km WSW of Chico, Washington
  8. 1.8 8 km NE of Bainbridge Island, Washington
  9. 1.7 3 km SW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  10. 1.6 2 km SE of Maltby, Washington
  11. 1.8 4 km WNW of Wauna, Washington
  12. 2.5 2 km ESE of Enetai, Washington
  13. 2.0 1 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington
  14. 1.6 1 km WNW of Maple Valley, Washington
  15. 1.8 3 km NE of Key Center, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — it released about 6,900 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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