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M 1.6ml

5 km NNE of Lofall, Washington

· 24 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 24 kmIsland County 34 kmSnohomish County 68 kmJefferson County 68 kmMason County 70 kmKing County 72 kmSan Juan County 81 kmSkagit County 93 kmPierce County 96 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 24 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2159 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 8.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 47.8572, -122.6227. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 24 km (15 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 34 km (21 mi) S of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 68 km (42 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Jefferson County, WA 68 km (42 mi) E of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Mason County, WA 70 km (43 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
King County, WA 72 km (45 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King 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. 2.0 7 km NNE of Jamestown, Washington
  2. 1.8 3 km WNW of Navy Yard City, Washington
  3. 2.6 18 km WSW of Quilcene, Washington
  4. 1.6 4 km WNW of Freeland, Washington
  5. 1.5 6 km NNW of Lofall, Washington
  6. 1.6 0 km WSW of Parkwood, Washington
  7. 1.7 5 km NE of Kingston, Washington
  8. 2.5 1 km NE of Enetai, Washington
  9. 2.3 1 km W of Oak Harbor, Washington
  10. 2.1 4 km NNW of Kingston, Washington
  11. 1.6 6 km NNE of Lofall, Washington
  12. 1.6 2 km WNW of Bethel, Washington
  13. 2.5 1 km E of Bethel, Washington
  14. 1.7 Puget Sound region, Washington
  15. 1.9 1 km NW of West Lake Sammamish, 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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