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M 1.6ml

Washington

· 12 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pierce County 22 kmLewis County 45 kmThurston County 64 kmKing County 68 kmCowlitz County 93 kmSkamania County 96 kmKitsap County 98 kmKittitas County 103 kmMason County 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Pierce County, 22 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2372 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 7.3 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 46.8850, -121.9890. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pierce County, WA 22 km (14 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Lewis County, WA 45 km (28 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Thurston County, WA 64 km (40 mi) E of here earthquakes near Thurston County
King County, WA 68 km (42 mi) S of here earthquakes near King County
Cowlitz County, WA 93 km (58 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Skamania County, WA 96 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

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

  1. 1.5 11 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
  2. 1.6 2 km SE of Kapowsin, Washington
  3. 1.8 12 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  4. 1.9 2 km SE of Ravensdale, Washington
  5. 1.7 1 km WNW of Bonney Lake, Washington
  6. 1.5 14 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  7. 2.1 9 km NNE of Mossyrock, Washington
  8. 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  9. 1.6 6 km NNW of Ashford, Washington
  10. 1.5 13 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  11. 1.6 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  12. 1.6 2 km SSE of Kapowsin, Washington
  13. 1.9 8 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  14. 1.6 24 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  15. 1.6 2 km SSW of Kapowsin, 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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