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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

1 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington

· 28 km deep · released about 250 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 24 kmSnohomish County 41 kmKitsap County 56 kmPierce County 74 kmIsland County 77 kmSkagit County 89 kmChelan County 97 kmMason County 103 kmThurston County 110 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 2.6 (ml)
Depth
28 km below the surface
Felt
78 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
King County, 24 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2424 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 78 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 250 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 61,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 43,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 250 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 47.6992, -121.9012. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 24 km (15 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near King County
Snohomish County, WA 41 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 56 km (35 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Pierce County, WA 74 km (46 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Island County, WA 77 km (48 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Island County
Skagit County, WA 89 km (55 mi) S of here earthquakes near Skagit County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 2 km SE of Carnation, Washington
  2. 1.7 1 km SW of Echo Lake, Washington
  3. 1.8 3 km N of Cathcart, Washington
  4. 1.7 1 km SSE of Riverton, Washington
  5. 1.6 2 km E of Snoqualmie, Washington
  6. 2.4 2 km NE of Mirrormont, Washington
  7. 1.9 2 km SW of Sultan, Washington
  8. 1.6 3 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  9. 1.9 7 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  10. 1.8 2 km NE of Mirrormont, Washington
  11. 1.8 3 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  12. 1.6 3 km NW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
  13. 1.5 2 km SSW of Carnation, Washington
  14. 1.8 1 km S of Snoqualmie, Washington
  15. 1.8 2 km S of Monroe, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — it released about 900 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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