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M 1.9ml

6 km NE of Oso, Washington

· 2.0 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skagit County 20 kmSnohomish County 30 kmWhatcom County 59 kmIsland County 62 kmKing County 92 kmSan Juan County 93 kmKitsap County 95 kmChelan County 106 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
2.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Skagit County, 20 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2839 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 25 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 5.8 600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 420,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 38× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 48.3157, -121.8730. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Skagit County, WA 20 km (13 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Snohomish County, WA 30 km (19 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Whatcom County, WA 59 km (36 mi) S of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Island County, WA 62 km (38 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Island County
King County, WA 92 km (57 mi) N of here earthquakes near King County
San Juan County, WA 93 km (58 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Juan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 13 km ENE of Verlot, Washington
  2. 2.0 4 km E of Oso, Washington
  3. 1.6 0 km ESE of Granite Falls, Washington
  4. 1.7 10 km N of Hamilton, Washington
  5. 1.8 11 km SSW of Darrington, Washington
  6. 1.6 3 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  7. 1.9 9 km NNW of Marblemount, Washington
  8. 1.8 3 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  9. 2.7 4 km E of Swede Heaven, Washington
  10. 1.7 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  11. 1.8 1 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  12. 1.6 4 km S of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  13. 2.1 3 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  14. 1.9 19 km E of Darrington, Washington
  15. 2.4 20 km E of Darrington, 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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