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M 1.6ml

3 km SW of Shoreline, Washington

· 20 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 24 kmKing County 48 kmIsland County 52 kmSnohomish County 57 kmMason County 74 kmPierce County 78 kmJefferson County 87 kmSkagit County 94 kmThurston County 95 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 24 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3359 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 6.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 47.7343, -122.3665. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 24 km (15 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
King County, WA 48 km (30 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King County
Island County, WA 52 km (33 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 57 km (36 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Mason County, WA 74 km (46 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Pierce County, WA 78 km (48 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pierce County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 5 km W of Gorst, Washington
  2. 1.5 3 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
  3. 2.1 1 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington
  4. 1.7 1 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington
  5. 1.7 1 km N of Lake Roesiger, Washington
  6. 1.6 3 km WSW of West Lake Stevens, Washington
  7. 1.8 4 km SE of Ames Lake, Washington
  8. 1.9 0 km SSE of Enetai, Washington
  9. 1.6 3 km NW of Burley, Washington
  10. 1.8 3 km NW of Cottage Lake, Washington
  11. 1.7 2 km WNW of Federal Way, Washington
  12. 1.5 3 km SSE of Quilcene, Washington
  13. 1.7 1 km NNE of Lynnwood, Washington
  14. 1.7 5 km ESE of Camano, Washington
  15. 2.1 5 km ESE of Indianola, 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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