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M 1.7ml

2 km N of Mercer Island, Washington

· 5.1 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 31 kmKitsap County 32 kmPierce County 60 kmSnohomish County 62 kmIsland County 71 kmMason County 76 kmThurston County 86 kmJefferson County 100 kmSkagit County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
5.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
King County, 31 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3121 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 11 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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 47.5892, -122.2265. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 31 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 32 km (20 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Pierce County, WA 60 km (37 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Snohomish County, WA 62 km (39 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Island County, WA 71 km (44 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Island County
Mason County, WA 76 km (47 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mason 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. 1.7 2 km SSE of Manchester, Washington
  2. 1.6 2 km SE of Manchester, Washington
  3. 1.6 2 km NE of Shoreline, Washington
  4. 2.8 2 km NNW of Fircrest, Washington
  5. 1.7 1 km SE of Keyport, Washington
  6. 1.5 3 km SSE of Des Moines, Washington
  7. 1.8 3 km S of Suquamish, Washington
  8. 2.1 6 km E of Carnation, Washington
  9. 1.6 4 km NE of Bainbridge Island, Washington
  10. 1.5 2 km ESE of Manchester, Washington
  11. 1.9 3 km E of Indianola, Washington
  12. 1.5 7 km ESE of Carnation, Washington
  13. 1.9 1 km SE of Dash Point, Washington
  14. 1.9 6 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington
  15. 2.0 1 km SE of Keyport, 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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