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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

10 km NNW of Belfair, Washington

· 20 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 21 kmMason County 30 kmJefferson County 56 kmThurston County 67 kmIsland County 71 kmPierce County 77 kmKing County 79 kmGrays Harbor County 85 kmClallam County 98 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 21 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3386 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 47.5390, -122.8868. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 21 km (13 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 30 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Jefferson County, WA 56 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Thurston County, WA 67 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Island County, WA 71 km (44 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Island County
Pierce County, WA 77 km (48 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Pierce 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. 1.8 1 km SSW of Esperance, Washington
  2. 1.9 5 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington
  3. 2.5 0 km S of Esperance, Washington
  4. 1.5 4 km SSE of Vashon, Washington
  5. 1.7 3 km SSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
  6. 1.6 2 km WNW of Navy Yard City, Washington
  7. 1.6 2 km WNW of Navy Yard City, Washington
  8. 1.9 1 km NE of Suquamish, Washington
  9. 1.6 2 km E of Enetai, Washington
  10. 2.7 5 km W of Gorst, Washington
  11. 1.5 3 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
  12. 1.9 0 km SSE of Enetai, Washington
  13. 1.6 3 km NW of Burley, Washington
  14. 1.6 19 km WSW of Brinnon, Washington
  15. 1.7 2 km WNW of Federal Way, 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 3,600 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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