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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

5 km NW of Burlington, Washington

· 25 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skagit County 41 kmIsland County 45 kmWhatcom County 54 kmSan Juan County 54 kmSnohomish County 68 kmKitsap County 100 kmJefferson 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 1.6 (ml)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Skagit County, 41 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2425 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 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 48.5153, -122.3728. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Skagit County, WA 41 km (26 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Island County, WA 45 km (28 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Island County
Whatcom County, WA 54 km (33 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
San Juan County, WA 54 km (33 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Snohomish County, WA 68 km (42 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 100 km (62 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 8 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  2. 2.0 8 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  3. 2.8 9 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  4. 1.9 8 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  5. 1.8 9 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  6. 1.5 5 km WSW of Acme, Washington
  7. 2.0 3 km WSW of Kendall, Washington
  8. 1.6 0 km S of Big Lake, Washington
  9. 1.7 3 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  10. 1.6 6 km SSE of Oso, Washington
  11. 1.9 7 km ENE of Port Townsend, Washington
  12. 2.0 6 km SE of Bay View, Washington
  13. 2.1 6 km SSE of Maple Falls, Washington
  14. 2.2 5 km NE of Oak Harbor, Washington
  15. 1.8 6 km WNW of Coupeville, 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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