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M 1.9ml

19 km E of Darrington, Washington

· 5.4 km deep · released about 20 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Snohomish County 38 kmSkagit County 45 kmChelan County 68 kmWhatcom County 77 kmKing County 91 kmIsland County 99 kmKitsap County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Snohomish County, 38 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2417 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 20 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 760,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 540,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 48× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 20 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 48.2380, -121.3357. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Snohomish County, WA 38 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Skagit County, WA 45 km (28 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Chelan County, WA 68 km (42 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Chelan County
Whatcom County, WA 77 km (48 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
King County, WA 91 km (57 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near King County
Island County, WA 99 km (62 mi) E of here earthquakes near Island County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 15 km NE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  2. 2.0 15 km SSW of Concrete, Washington
  3. 2.0 14 km NE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  4. 2.3 15 km NE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  5. 1.6 6 km WSW of Darrington, Washington
  6. 1.6 7 km SSE of Concrete, Washington
  7. 1.9 10 km SE of Marblemount, Washington
  8. 1.7 Washington
  9. 1.8 6 km SSE of Concrete, Washington
  10. 1.8 2 km W of Darrington, Washington
  11. 1.7 2 km ENE of Swede Heaven, Washington
  12. 1.7 13 km S of Concrete, Washington
  13. 2.0 7 km ENE of Oso, Washington
  14. 1.5 5 km ENE of Oso, Washington
  15. 3.0 5 km ENE of Oso, 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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