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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

2 km SW of Sultan, Washington

· 3.5 km deep · released about 19 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Snohomish County 23 kmKing County 40 kmKitsap County 65 kmIsland County 71 kmSkagit County 72 kmChelan County 91 kmPierce County 92 kmWhatcom County 110 kmMason County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
3.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Snohomish County, 23 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1947 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 19 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 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 47.8498, -121.8383. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Snohomish County, WA 23 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 40 km (25 mi) N of here earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 65 km (40 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 71 km (44 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Island County
Skagit County, WA 72 km (44 mi) S of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Chelan County, WA 91 km (57 mi) W of here earthquakes near Chelan 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. 1.8 8 km E of Tanner, Washington
  2. 2.8 11 km E of Tanner, Washington
  3. 1.5 1 km NE of Ames Lake, Washington
  4. 1.7 3 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  5. 1.9 3 km SSE of Sultan, Washington
  6. 1.7 1 km N of Kingsgate, Washington
  7. 1.7 4 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  8. 1.9 5 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington
  9. 1.7 5 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington
  10. 1.7 2 km SW of Carnation, Washington
  11. 2.1 11 km NNE of Tanner, Washington
  12. 1.5 5 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington
  13. 1.7 3 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  14. 1.6 6 km SSE of Oso, Washington
  15. 1.9 4 km WSW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — it released about 12,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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