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M 1.7ml

11 km WNW of Ault Field, Washington

· 50 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 25 kmSan Juan County 26 kmSkagit County 76 kmJefferson County 81 kmKitsap County 81 kmClallam County 84 kmSnohomish County 86 kmWhatcom County 90 kmMason County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
50 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 25 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2407 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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 48.3618, -122.8267. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 25 km (16 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Island County
San Juan County, WA 26 km (16 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Skagit County, WA 76 km (47 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Jefferson County, WA 81 km (50 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Kitsap County, WA 81 km (51 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Clallam County, WA 84 km (52 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Clallam County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 2 km ESE of Burlington, Washington
  2. 2.2 3 km ESE of Burlington, Washington
  3. 1.7 12 km ENE of Jamestown, Washington
  4. 2.2 2 km N of Mount Vernon, Washington
  5. 1.8 3 km NW of Mount Vernon, Washington
  6. 2.3 7 km SSE of Coupeville, Washington
  7. 2.0 4 km NE of Oak Bay, Canada
  8. 1.6 8 km NE of Jamestown, Washington
  9. 2.0 7 km NNE of Jamestown, Washington
  10. 1.6 4 km WNW of Freeland, Washington
  11. 1.6 1 km NNW of Mount Vernon, Washington
  12. 2.3 1 km W of Oak Harbor, Washington
  13. 2.2 16 km NNW of Jamestown, Washington
  14. 2.5 6 km ESE of Oak Bay, Canada
  15. 1.6 9 km E of North Saanich, Canada

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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