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M 2.6ml

9 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington

· 12 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Juan County 10 kmIsland County 58 kmClallam County 79 kmJefferson County 93 kmSkagit County 95 kmWhatcom County 97 kmKitsap County 111 kmSnohomish County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
24 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
San Juan County, 10 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2327 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 24 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 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 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 48.5950, -123.0990. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Juan County, WA 10 km (6 mi) N of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Island County, WA 58 km (36 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Island County
Clallam County, WA 79 km (49 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clallam County
Jefferson County, WA 93 km (58 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Skagit County, WA 95 km (59 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Whatcom County, WA 97 km (60 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 7 km NNE of Jamestown, Washington
  2. 2.3 1 km W of Oak Harbor, Washington
  3. 2.2 16 km NNW of Jamestown, Washington
  4. 1.7 12 km ESE of Salt Spring Island, Canada
  5. 2.5 6 km ESE of Oak Bay, Canada
  6. 1.6 9 km E of North Saanich, Canada
  7. 2.8 6 km E of North Saanich, Canada
  8. 1.7 15 km NW of Orcas, Washington
  9. 1.6 7 km NNW of Ganges, Canada
  10. 1.9 3 km N of Langford, Canada
  11. 2.2 5 km NE of Oak Harbor, Washington
  12. 1.8 6 km WNW of Coupeville, Washington
  13. 1.7 8 km NNW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  14. 1.7 5 km NNE of Anacortes, Washington
  15. 2.3 5 km N of Anacortes, 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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