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M 2.3ml

12 km WNW of Edison, Washington

· 14 km deep · released about 94 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Juan County 40 kmIsland County 52 kmSkagit County 58 kmWhatcom County 60 kmSnohomish County 87 kmKitsap County 109 kmClallam County 112 kmJefferson County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Juan County, 40 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2212 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 94 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 160,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 94 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 48.6220, -122.5818. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Juan County, WA 40 km (25 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Island County, WA 52 km (32 mi) N of here earthquakes near Island County
Skagit County, WA 58 km (36 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Whatcom County, WA 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Snohomish County, WA 87 km (54 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 109 km (68 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kitsap 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. 2.1 7 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  2. 1.7 1 km SE of Mount Vernon, Washington
  3. 1.5 3 km ENE of Custer, Washington
  4. 1.5 2 km W of Big Lake, Washington
  5. 1.6 3 km NNW of La Conner, Washington
  6. 2.4 8 km N of Anacortes, Washington
  7. 3.0 2 km ESE of Big Lake, Washington
  8. 1.8 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  9. 1.7 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  10. 1.7 11 km WNW of Coupeville, Washington
  11. 1.8 1 km NE of Oak Harbor, Washington
  12. 1.8 8 km SW of Anacortes, Washington
  13. 2.1 1 km ESE of Burlington, Washington
  14. 2.5 13 km WNW of Ault Field, Washington
  15. 1.8 3 km NNE of Burlington, 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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