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M 1.6ml

3 km SE of Warm Beach, Washington

· 24 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 26 kmSnohomish County 43 kmSkagit County 54 kmKitsap County 62 kmSan Juan County 70 kmKing County 82 kmWhatcom County 85 kmJefferson County 97 kmMason County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 26 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2994 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 8.7 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 48.1518, -122.3257. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 26 km (16 mi) E of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 43 km (27 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Skagit County, WA 54 km (33 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Kitsap County, WA 62 km (38 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
San Juan County, WA 70 km (43 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
King County, WA 82 km (51 mi) NNW 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. 2.2 7 km W of Clinton, Washington
  2. 1.5 14 km NNW of Swede Heaven, Washington
  3. 1.5 8 km SSE of Coupeville, Washington
  4. 1.7 6 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington
  5. 2.5 0 km N of Woodway, Washington
  6. 2.1 Washington
  7. 2.4 6 km SW of Bay View, Washington
  8. 2.3 6 km SW of Bay View, Washington
  9. 1.6 9 km NNE of Quilcene, Washington
  10. 1.7 5 km SW of Hansville, Washington
  11. 1.5 2 km S of Big Lake, Washington
  12. 2.9 5 km SW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  13. 1.5 2 km NNW of Indianola, Washington
  14. 1.7 7 km N of Ault Field, Washington
  15. 1.9 3 km ENE of Granite Falls, 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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