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M 1.7ml

5 km E of Ferndale, Washington

· 4.3 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Whatcom County 50 kmSan Juan County 58 kmSkagit County 66 kmIsland County 78 kmSnohomish County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
4.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Whatcom County, 50 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2961 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 48.8557, -122.5203. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Whatcom County, WA 50 km (31 mi) W of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
San Juan County, WA 58 km (36 mi) NE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Skagit County, WA 66 km (41 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Island County, WA 78 km (49 mi) N of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 105 km (65 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Clallam County, WA 131 km (81 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clallam 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 4 km SW of Blaine, Washington
  2. 1.9 5 km SW of Blaine, Washington
  3. 1.5 2 km NNW of Birch Bay, Washington
  4. 1.6 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  5. 1.8 1 km WNW of Mission, Canada
  6. 2.3 12 km WNW of Edison, Washington
  7. 1.5 8 km NNE of Aldergrove, Canada
  8. 2.2 5 km NE of Ferndale, Washington
  9. 1.8 0 km WNW of Mission, Canada
  10. 1.6 7 km NE of Sudden Valley, Washington
  11. 1.9 0 km SSE of Mission, Canada
  12. 1.6 12 km W of Chilliwack, Canada
  13. 1.6 10 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada
  14. 1.7 10 km N of Hamilton, Washington
  15. 1.6 10 km ESE of Point Roberts, 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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