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M 1.6ml

5 km NNW of Ault Field, Washington

· 27 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 25 kmSan Juan County 32 kmSkagit County 67 kmSnohomish County 79 kmWhatcom County 82 kmKitsap County 83 kmJefferson County 88 kmClallam County 92 kmKing County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
27 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 25 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2999 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 7.8 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 48.3832, -122.7137. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 25 km (16 mi) N of here earthquakes near Island County
San Juan County, WA 32 km (20 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Skagit County, WA 67 km (42 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Snohomish County, WA 79 km (49 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Whatcom County, WA 82 km (51 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Kitsap County, WA 83 km (51 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. 1.8 4 km NE of Anacortes, Washington
  2. 2.3 4 km N of Port Townsend, Washington
  3. 2.0 5 km NW of Jamestown, Washington
  4. 2.0 3 km SW of Mount Vernon, Washington
  5. 1.5 8 km SSE of Coupeville, Washington
  6. 2.0 7 km NNW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  7. 1.7 9 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  8. 1.9 13 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  9. 1.6 5 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  10. 1.8 7 km NNW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  11. 1.9 7 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  12. 2.9 8 km NNW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  13. 1.8 8 km NNW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  14. 2.1 8 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  15. 1.7 8 km NNW of Friday Harbor, 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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