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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

3 km SW of Kapowsin, Washington

· -0.8 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pierce County 13 kmThurston County 43 kmLewis County 44 kmKing County 67 kmKitsap County 81 kmMason County 81 kmCowlitz County 91 kmSkamania County 107 kmWahkiakum County 116 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
-0.8 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Pierce County, 13 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 564 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 46.9652, -122.2598. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pierce County, WA 13 km (8 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Thurston County, WA 43 km (27 mi) E of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Lewis County, WA 44 km (27 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
King County, WA 67 km (41 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 81 km (50 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 81 km (51 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mason County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 2 km SSW of Ravensdale, Washington
  2. 3.2 2 km S of Ravensdale, Washington
  3. 1.8 12 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  4. 1.6 6 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  5. 2.0 2 km NE of Black Diamond, Washington
  6. 2.8 2 km S of Ravensdale, Washington
  7. 1.6 2 km SW of Elk Plain, Washington
  8. 1.5 13 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  9. 1.6 6 km ESE of Ashford, Washington
  10. 1.5 12 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  11. 1.6 2 km SW of Elk Plain, Washington
  12. 1.6 1 km NE of Artondale, Washington
  13. 1.5 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  14. 1.7 12 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  15. 2.3 4 km NNW of Lakeland North, 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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