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M 2.3ml

4 km N of Port Townsend, Washington

· 21 km deep · released about 77 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 7 kmSan Juan County 46 kmKitsap County 58 kmJefferson County 69 kmSnohomish County 75 kmSkagit County 79 kmClallam County 84 kmMason County 95 kmKing County 101 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 7 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2693 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 77 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 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× 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 77 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 48.1557, -122.7633. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 7 km (4 mi) W of here earthquakes near Island County
San Juan County, WA 46 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Kitsap County, WA 58 km (36 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Jefferson County, WA 69 km (43 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Snohomish County, WA 75 km (47 mi) W of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Skagit County, WA 79 km (49 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Skagit 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. 1.6 5 km NNE of Lofall, Washington
  2. 1.6 13 km W of Coupeville, Washington
  3. 1.8 6 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington
  4. 1.8 5 km N of Anacortes, Washington
  5. 2.0 5 km NNE of Anacortes, Washington
  6. 2.3 5 km N of Anacortes, Washington
  7. 1.7 4 km NE of Oak Harbor, Washington
  8. 2.1 19 km NNW of Jamestown, Washington
  9. 2.4 5 km E of Quilcene, Washington
  10. 1.7 10 km W of Friday Harbor, Washington
  11. 1.7 2 km NNW of Indianola, Washington
  12. 1.6 5 km WSW of Coupeville, Washington
  13. 2.5 3 km SW of Woodway, Washington
  14. 2.4 11 km W of Ault Field, Washington
  15. 1.9 6 km ENE of Marrowstone, 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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