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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

3 km WSW of Chico, Washington

· 25 km deep · released about 49 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 9 kmMason County 42 kmJefferson County 63 kmIsland County 63 kmKing County 70 kmThurston County 73 kmPierce County 75 kmSnohomish County 90 kmGrays Harbor County 97 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kitsap County, 9 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3341 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 49 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 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 49 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 47.5942, -122.7495. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 9 km (6 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 42 km (26 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Jefferson County, WA 63 km (39 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Island County, WA 63 km (39 mi) S of here earthquakes near Island County
King County, WA 70 km (43 mi) W of here earthquakes near King County
Thurston County, WA 73 km (46 mi) N of here earthquakes near Thurston County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 2 km N of Seattle, Washington
  2. 1.5 7 km ENE of Allyn, Washington
  3. 1.6 1 km W of Enetai, Washington
  4. 1.7 6 km W of Burley, Washington
  5. 2.7 4 km WSW of Mercer Island, Washington
  6. 2.3 6 km W of Burley, Washington
  7. 1.8 1 km SSW of Esperance, Washington
  8. 1.9 5 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington
  9. 1.7 2 km N of Mercer Island, Washington
  10. 2.5 0 km S of Esperance, Washington
  11. 1.9 7 km SSW of Clinton, Washington
  12. 1.5 4 km SSE of Vashon, Washington
  13. 1.7 3 km SSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
  14. 1.6 2 km WNW of Navy Yard City, Washington
  15. 1.6 2 km WNW of Navy Yard City, 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 840 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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