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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

3 km SSE of Quilcene, Washington

· 19 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 23 kmIsland County 43 kmJefferson County 50 kmMason County 55 kmSan Juan County 81 kmKing County 84 kmClallam County 85 kmSnohomish County 86 kmThurston County 95 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 23 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 554 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 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 47.7938, -122.8572. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 23 km (14 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 43 km (27 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Island County
Jefferson County, WA 50 km (31 mi) E of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Mason County, WA 55 km (34 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mason County
San Juan County, WA 81 km (51 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
King County, WA 84 km (52 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near King County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 3 km S of Suquamish, Washington
  2. 1.6 4 km NE of Bainbridge Island, Washington
  3. 2.3 5 km ENE of Port Townsend, Washington
  4. 1.5 2 km ESE of Manchester, Washington
  5. 2.5 5 km SE of Blyn, Washington
  6. 1.9 3 km E of Indianola, Washington
  7. 1.9 6 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington
  8. 2.0 1 km SE of Keyport, Washington
  9. 1.9 1 km WSW of Freeland, Washington
  10. 1.6 1 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
  11. 1.7 2 km NNE of Southworth, Washington
  12. 1.6 6 km NE of Port Townsend, Washington
  13. 1.7 6 km NE of Port Townsend, Washington
  14. 1.5 1 km SSE of Keyport, Washington
  15. 1.6 3 km SE of Gorst, 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 7,400 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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