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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

5 km SW of Blaine, Washington

· 23 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Juan County 56 kmWhatcom County 72 kmSkagit County 89 kmIsland County 90 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 1.9 (ml)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Juan County, 56 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2188 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 730,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 520,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 46× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 48.9668, -122.8025. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Juan County, WA 56 km (35 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Whatcom County, WA 72 km (45 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Skagit County, WA 89 km (56 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Island County, WA 90 km (56 mi) N of here earthquakes near Island County
Clallam County, WA 124 km (77 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clallam County
Snohomish County, WA 127 km (79 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 14 km W of Marietta, Washington
  2. 2.1 5 km SW of Aldergrove, Canada
  3. 1.7 5 km WSW of Aldergrove, Canada
  4. 1.5 Washington
  5. 1.6 8 km WNW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  6. 1.8 9 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  7. 2.3 6 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  8. 1.6 6 km W of Orcas, Washington
  9. 2.7 6 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  10. 2.1 7 km SSW of Birch Bay, Washington
  11. 1.5 0 km WNW of Sumas, Washington
  12. 1.6 11 km E of North Saanich, Canada
  13. 1.6 9 km NW of Orcas, Washington
  14. 2.2 8 km NE of Marietta-Alderwood, Washington
  15. 1.9 3 km SE of Surrey, 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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