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M 2.3ml

0 km ESE of Riverton, Washington

· 15 km deep · released about 79 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 32 kmKing County 34 kmPierce County 49 kmMason County 68 kmThurston County 73 kmSnohomish County 75 kmIsland County 80 kmJefferson County 99 kmLewis County 101 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kitsap County, 32 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2683 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 47.4835, -122.2905. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 32 km (20 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
King County, WA 34 km (21 mi) W of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 49 km (31 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Mason County, WA 68 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Thurston County, WA 73 km (46 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Snohomish County, WA 75 km (46 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 4 km NNW of Lofall, Washington
  2. 1.5 5 km SSW of Gorst, Washington
  3. 2.2 2 km ESE of Duvall, Washington
  4. 1.6 8 km NNW of Bangor Trident Base, Washington
  5. 1.8 3 km NE of Mirrormont, Washington
  6. 1.6 6 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  7. 1.8 4 km N of Duvall, Washington
  8. 1.8 5 km NNE of Duvall, Washington
  9. 1.6 6 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  10. 1.7 3 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
  11. 1.9 3 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  12. 1.6 3 km E of Cathcart, Washington
  13. 2.1 Puget Sound region, Washington
  14. 1.5 3 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
  15. 1.6 1 km SW of Keyport, 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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