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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Bremerton, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bremerton in the 24 hours to 8:30 am PST (16:30 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 20 km (12 mi) SSW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bremerton
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 37 km (23 mi) west of Bremerton, WA, at 7:03 am PST on 28 December 2017 (15:03 UTC), 44 km deep.
USGS: 19 km WSW of Brinnon, Washington
58 km (36 mi) W of Seattle, WA
- When
- 7:03 am PST on 28 December 2017 ()
- Where
- 37 km (23 mi) west of Bremerton, WA · earthquakes near Bremerton
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 44 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mason County, 27 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Saddle Mountain faults, 9 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3241 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Bremerton, 37 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Seabeck, Belfair.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — about 6,200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.1 Puget Sound region, Washington · 35 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.8 Puget Sound area, Washington · 39 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.3 Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Washington · 25 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.1 Olympic Peninsula, Washington · 49 km SSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 47.5948, -123.1252. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason County, WA | 27 km (17 mi) | S | earthquakes near Mason County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 36 km (22 mi) | E | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Jefferson County, WA | 38 km (24 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Island County, WA | 71 km (44 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Island County |
| Grays Harbor County, WA | 75 km (47 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Grays Harbor County |
| Thurston County, WA | 77 km (48 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Thurston 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.
- 1.7 20 km W of Brinnon, Washington
- 2.6 3 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
- 2.7 35 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
- 1.9 1 km N of Enetai, Washington
- 2.0 0 km ESE of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
- 1.8 1 km NNE of Burley, Washington
- 1.7 6 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington
- 2.1 19 km ENE of Amanda Park, Washington
- 1.6 9 km NNE of Quilcene, Washington
- 2.3 1 km NNE of Enetai, Washington
- 2.8 8 km SW of Skokomish, Washington
- 1.8 7 km ESE of Quilcene, Washington
- 1.7 6 km W of Lofall, Washington
- 1.9 3 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington
- 2.3 15 km SW of River Road, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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