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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

2 km WSW of Home, Washington

· 27 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mason County 30 kmThurston County 37 kmKitsap County 43 kmPierce County 54 kmKing County 76 kmGrays Harbor County 80 kmJefferson County 82 kmLewis County 82 kmIsland County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
27 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mason County, 30 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 568 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 8.1 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 47.2650, -122.7892. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mason County, WA 30 km (19 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Thurston County, WA 37 km (23 mi) N of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Kitsap County, WA 43 km (27 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Pierce County, WA 54 km (33 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
King County, WA 76 km (47 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near King County
Grays Harbor County, WA 80 km (50 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Grays Harbor County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 6 km WNW of Hoodsport, Washington
  2. 3.2 3 km W of Skokomish, Washington
  3. 2.0 4 km E of Home, Washington
  4. 3.8 3 km WSW of Skokomish, Washington
  5. 1.6 12 km S of Shelton, Washington
  6. 1.6 0 km WSW of Parkwood, Washington
  7. 2.5 1 km NE of Enetai, Washington
  8. 1.5 1 km E of Dash Point, Washington
  9. 1.6 10 km S of Shelton, Washington
  10. 1.6 2 km WNW of Bethel, Washington
  11. 2.5 1 km E of Bethel, Washington
  12. 1.7 Puget Sound region, Washington
  13. 1.6 11 km S of Shelton, Washington
  14. 1.7 4 km SSE of Bainbridge Island, Washington
  15. 2.2 5 km SE of Bainbridge Island, 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 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — it released about 5,100 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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