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M 1.7ml

3 km NNW of Alger, Washington

· 11 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skagit County 43 kmWhatcom County 44 kmSan Juan County 57 kmIsland County 59 kmSnohomish County 79 kmKitsap County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Skagit County, 43 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3227 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 12 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 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 48.6472, -122.3588. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Skagit County, WA 43 km (27 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Whatcom County, WA 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
San Juan County, WA 57 km (35 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Island County, WA 59 km (37 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 79 km (49 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 114 km (71 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kitsap County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8 km N of Peaceful Valley, Washington
  2. 1.6 8 km N of Peaceful Valley, Washington
  3. 1.6 5 km NW of Burlington, Washington
  4. 1.8 13 km WSW of Anacortes, Washington
  5. 1.9 4 km E of Sudden Valley, Washington
  6. 2.2 12 km WNW of Ault Field, Washington
  7. 2.3 12 km NW of Ault Field, Washington
  8. 2.2 12 km WNW of Ault Field, Washington
  9. 1.7 12 km NW of Ault Field, Washington
  10. 1.7 5 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington
  11. 1.8 3 km SSW of Big Lake, Washington
  12. 1.9 11 km SW of Glacier, Washington
  13. 2.0 12 km E of Deming, Washington
  14. 2.4 10 km SW of Glacier, Washington
  15. 1.7 3 km SSW of Big Lake, 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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