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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Port Angeles, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Port Angeles in the 24 hours to 6:27 am PST (14:27 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 96 km (60 mi) SE, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Port Angeles
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) north of Port Angeles, WA, at 3:16 am PDT on 28 June 2020 (10:16 UTC), 18 km deep. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: Washington-British Columbia border region
- When
- 3:16 am PDT on 28 June 2020 ()
- Where
- 15 km (9 mi) north of Port Angeles, WA · earthquakes near Port Angeles
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 18 km below the surface
- Felt
- 9 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Clallam County, 37 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Southern Whidbey Island fault, 16 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2260 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Port Angeles, 15 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Port Angeles East.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 150 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 99,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 70,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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 48.2545, -123.4365. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clallam County, WA | 37 km (23 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Clallam County |
| San Juan County, WA | 37 km (23 mi) | NE | earthquakes near San Juan County |
| Jefferson County, WA | 50 km (31 mi) | S | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Island County, WA | 58 km (36 mi) | E | earthquakes near Island County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 90 km (56 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Mason County, WA | 102 km (64 mi) | S | earthquakes near Mason County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 5 km N of Oak Bay, Canada
- 2.3 5 km NNE of Oak Bay, Canada
- 1.5 18 km NNW of Sooke, Canada
- 1.6 8 km NE of Oak Bay, Canada
- 1.6 11 km E of North Saanich, Canada
- 1.7 9 km NW of Langford, Canada
- 1.6 8 km NNW of Jamestown, Washington
- 1.6 28 km SSW of Port Angeles, Washington
- 1.5 16 km NE of Jamestown, Washington
- 1.7 2 km N of Metchosin, Canada
- 2.6 24 km SSW of River Road, Washington
- 2.0 6 km W of Orcas, Washington
- 1.5 8 km ESE of Blyn, Washington
- 1.6 5 km NNW of Victoria, Canada
- 1.8 9 km WSW of Friday Harbor, 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.
On USGS
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