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M 2.4ml

4 km N of Swede Heaven, Washington

· 1.0 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skagit County 20 kmSnohomish County 30 kmWhatcom County 58 kmIsland County 72 kmKing County 93 kmChelan County 98 kmKitsap County 102 kmSan Juan County 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
1.0 km below the surface
Felt
24 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Skagit County, 20 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2087 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 24 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 92,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 48.3260, -121.7357. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Skagit County, WA 20 km (12 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Snohomish County, WA 30 km (19 mi) N of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Whatcom County, WA 58 km (36 mi) S of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Island County, WA 72 km (45 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Island County
King County, WA 93 km (58 mi) N of here earthquakes near King County
Chelan County, WA 98 km (61 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Chelan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.0 2 km ESE of Big Lake, Washington
  2. 1.6 Washington
  3. 2.8 8 km NW of Verlot, Washington
  4. 1.7 1 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  5. 1.5 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  6. 1.7 2 km E of Lake Stevens, Washington
  7. 1.7 5 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  8. 1.7 10 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  9. 2.2 9 km N of Hamilton, Washington
  10. 2.9 8 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  11. 2.1 8 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  12. 2.4 9 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  13. 2.4 9 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  14. 1.6 10 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  15. 2.0 9 km N of Hamilton, 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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