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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

26 km WNW of Skokomish, Washington

· 34 km deep · released about 26 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mason County 25 kmGrays Harbor County 41 kmJefferson County 45 kmKitsap County 69 kmThurston County 72 kmClallam County 84 kmPacific County 96 kmIsland County 104 kmPierce County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
34 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mason County, 25 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3024 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 26 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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 47.4010, -123.4918. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mason County, WA 25 km (15 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Mason County
Grays Harbor County, WA 41 km (25 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Grays Harbor County
Jefferson County, WA 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Kitsap County, WA 69 km (43 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Thurston County, WA 72 km (45 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Clallam County, WA 84 km (52 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Clallam County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 15 km N of Amanda Park, Washington
  2. 1.6 29 km NNE of Amanda Park, Washington
  3. 1.6 11 km S of Shelton, Washington
  4. 1.5 7 km WSW of Amanda Park, Washington
  5. 2.8 34 km SSW of River Road, Washington
  6. 1.6 11 km S of Shelton, Washington
  7. 1.6 21 km SE of Neilton, Washington
  8. 1.5 14 km ENE of Neilton, Washington
  9. 1.6 22 km NNW of Hoodsport, Washington
  10. 2.4 20 km NNE of Amanda Park, Washington
  11. 1.7 4 km NW of Humptulips, Washington
  12. 2.1 0 km S of Skokomish, Washington
  13. 2.1 32 km S of Port Angeles East, Washington
  14. 1.7 21 km N of Amanda Park, Washington
  15. 1.6 7 km S of Humptulips, 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 1,600 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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