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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

0 km NNE of Clearview, Washington

· 23 km deep · released about 31 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Snohomish County 36 kmKing County 45 kmKitsap County 45 kmIsland County 54 kmSkagit County 76 kmPierce County 88 kmMason County 96 kmSan Juan County 104 kmJefferson County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Snohomish County, 36 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3267 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 47.8415, -122.1232. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Snohomish County, WA 36 km (22 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 45 km (28 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 45 km (28 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 54 km (33 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Island County
Skagit County, WA 76 km (47 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Pierce County, WA 88 km (55 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pierce County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 2 km WNW of Redmond, Washington
  2. 1.7 2 km N of Mercer Island, Washington
  3. 1.6 1 km NE of Maple Valley, Washington
  4. 1.6 1 km WNW of Maple Valley, Washington
  5. 2.5 0 km S of Esperance, Washington
  6. 1.9 7 km SSW of Clinton, Washington
  7. 1.6 1 km S of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
  8. 1.8 4 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  9. 1.9 5 km NW of Freeland, Washington
  10. 1.9 1 km NE of Suquamish, Washington
  11. 1.9 1 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington
  12. 1.6 2 km E of Enetai, Washington
  13. 1.5 3 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
  14. 2.1 1 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington
  15. 1.7 1 km NW of Maple Valley, 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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