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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

2 km W of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington

· 19 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 27 kmKitsap County 44 kmSnohomish County 47 kmIsland County 70 kmPierce County 70 kmMason County 91 kmSkagit County 92 kmThurston County 101 kmChelan County 110 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
King County, 27 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2098 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 47.6800, -122.0602. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 27 km (17 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 44 km (28 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Snohomish County, WA 47 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Island County, WA 70 km (44 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Island County
Pierce County, WA 70 km (44 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Mason County, WA 91 km (57 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mason County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 3 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  2. 2.4 2 km NE of Indianola, Washington
  3. 2.3 1 km SSE of Enetai, Washington
  4. 1.9 11 km SE of Riverbend, Washington
  5. 2.2 12 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington
  6. 2.3 4 km SE of Black Diamond, Washington
  7. 1.9 3 km SSE of Sultan, Washington
  8. 1.7 1 km N of Kingsgate, Washington
  9. 1.7 4 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  10. 2.0 3 km NNE of Southworth, Washington
  11. 2.0 2 km N of Lakeland South, Washington
  12. 1.9 5 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington
  13. 1.7 5 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington
  14. 1.7 2 km SW of Carnation, Washington
  15. 2.1 11 km NNE of Tanner, 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 6,500 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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