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M 1.7ml

7 km N of Ault Field, Washington

· 24 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 28 kmSan Juan County 34 kmSkagit County 64 kmSnohomish County 78 kmWhatcom County 78 kmKitsap County 85 kmJefferson County 92 kmClallam County 96 kmKing County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 28 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2750 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 12 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 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 48.4065, -122.6750. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 28 km (17 mi) N of here earthquakes near Island County
San Juan County, WA 34 km (21 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Skagit County, WA 64 km (40 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Snohomish County, WA 78 km (48 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Whatcom County, WA 78 km (49 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Kitsap County, WA 85 km (53 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

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

  1. 1.9 6 km ENE of Marrowstone, Washington
  2. 2.0 9 km S of Friday Harbor, Washington
  3. 3.0 10 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  4. 2.6 3 km NNE of Coupeville, Washington
  5. 1.6 6 km E of Oak Bay, Canada
  6. 2.1 13 km N of Orcas, Washington
  7. 2.6 0 km SSW of Oak Harbor, Washington
  8. 1.6 4 km ENE of Oak Harbor, Washington
  9. 2.0 9 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  10. 1.7 11 km WNW of Ault Field, Washington
  11. 2.0 17 km NW of Orcas, Washington
  12. 1.6 5 km NW of Burlington, Washington
  13. 1.8 13 km WSW of Anacortes, Washington
  14. 1.5 7 km W of Orcas, Washington
  15. 2.6 9 km NW 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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