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M 2.2ml

4 km SE of Orting, Washington

· 8.6 km deep · released about 58 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pierce County 2 kmThurston County 52 kmKing County 54 kmLewis County 56 kmKitsap County 74 kmMason County 82 kmCowlitz County 104 kmKittitas County 113 kmSnohomish County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
8.6 km below the surface
Felt
27 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Pierce County, 2 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 583 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 27 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 58 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 260,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 58 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 47.0622, -122.1690. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pierce County, WA 2 km (1 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Thurston County, WA 52 km (32 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
King County, WA 54 km (34 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near King County
Lewis County, WA 56 km (35 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Kitsap County, WA 74 km (46 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 82 km (51 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mason County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 4 km ENE of Dash Point, Washington
  2. 2.8 2 km NNW of Fircrest, Washington
  3. 1.5 3 km SSE of Des Moines, Washington
  4. 1.5 2 km ENE of Kapowsin, Washington
  5. 1.5 14 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington
  6. 1.9 1 km SE of Dash Point, Washington
  7. 1.6 11 km S of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  8. 1.6 10 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  9. 1.6 11 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  10. 1.6 3 km ENE of Kapowsin, Washington
  11. 1.6 12 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  12. 2.0 13 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  13. 2.5 0 km ESE of Riverton, Washington
  14. 1.5 1 km N of Artondale, Washington
  15. 1.6 1 km SE of Kapowsin, 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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