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M 2.4ml

5 km NNE of North Bend, Washington

· 19 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
15 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
King County, 8 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3169 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 15 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 99,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 47.5367, -121.7538. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 8 km (5 mi) NE of here earthquakes near King County
Snohomish County, WA 58 km (36 mi) S of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Pierce County, WA 62 km (38 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Kitsap County, WA 68 km (42 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Chelan County, WA 92 km (57 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Chelan County
Kittitas County, WA 93 km (58 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kittitas 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. 1.6 11 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  2. 1.7 8 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  3. 2.6 8 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  4. 2.0 10 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  5. 1.8 2 km S of Lake Roesiger, Washington
  6. 1.8 13 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
  7. 2.0 1 km NNE of Silver Firs, Washington
  8. 1.5 0 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
  9. 1.6 Washington
  10. 2.2 0 km S of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington
  11. 1.7 11 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
  12. 2.0 11 km ENE of Enumclaw, Washington
  13. 1.8 14 km S of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
  14. 1.8 10 km S of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
  15. 1.6 14 km S of Snoqualmie Pass, 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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