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M 1.5ml

8 km NNE of Aldergrove, Canada

· 5.7 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Whatcom County 55 kmSkagit County 85 kmSan Juan County 85 kmIsland County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
5.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Whatcom County, 55 km SE
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 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 49.1352, -122.4432. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Whatcom County, WA 55 km (34 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Skagit County, WA 85 km (53 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
San Juan County, WA 85 km (53 mi) NE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Island County, WA 110 km (68 mi) N of here earthquakes near Island County
Clallam County, WA 156 km (97 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clallam County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 14 km W of Marietta, Washington
  2. 1.5 10 km W of Chilliwack, Canada
  3. 2.1 5 km SW of Aldergrove, Canada
  4. 1.7 5 km WSW of Aldergrove, Canada
  5. 1.6 6 km SW of Chilliwack, Canada
  6. 1.5 12 km ENE of Mission, Canada
  7. 1.8 2 km SW of Deming, Washington
  8. 1.6 11 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada
  9. 1.5 6 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada
  10. 1.5 5 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada
  11. 1.6 Washington
  12. 2.1 7 km SSW of Birch Bay, Washington
  13. 1.5 4 km NW of Glacier, Washington
  14. 1.5 0 km WNW of Sumas, Washington
  15. 1.6 12 km NE of Abbotsford, 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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