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M 2.1ml

15 km NNE of Ashford, Washington

· 8.2 km deep · released about 49 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pierce County 25 kmLewis County 48 kmKing County 68 kmThurston County 68 kmCowlitz County 95 kmSkamania County 95 kmKittitas County 99 kmKitsap County 100 kmYakima County 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
8.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Pierce County, 25 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2434 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 49 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 49 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 46.8825, -121.9370. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pierce County, WA 25 km (15 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Lewis County, WA 48 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
King County, WA 68 km (42 mi) S of here earthquakes near King County
Thurston County, WA 68 km (42 mi) E of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Cowlitz County, WA 95 km (59 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Skamania County, WA 95 km (59 mi) N of here earthquakes near Skamania County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km SE of Ravensdale, Washington
  2. 1.7 1 km WNW of Bonney Lake, Washington
  3. 1.5 14 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  4. 2.1 9 km NNE of Mossyrock, Washington
  5. 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  6. 1.6 6 km NNW of Ashford, Washington
  7. 1.5 13 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  8. 1.6 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  9. 1.6 2 km SSE of Kapowsin, Washington
  10. 1.9 8 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  11. 1.6 24 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  12. 1.6 2 km SSW of Kapowsin, Washington
  13. 1.6 13 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  14. 1.6 0 km ESE of Buckley, Washington
  15. 2.3 4 km SE of Black Diamond, 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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