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M 3.2ml

2 km S of Ravensdale, Washington

· 20 km deep · released about 2,000 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 21 kmPierce County 34 kmKitsap County 60 kmThurston County 78 kmSnohomish County 82 kmLewis County 89 kmMason County 89 kmKittitas County 102 kmIsland County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.2 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
309 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
King County, 21 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2031 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 309 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2,000 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,700× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,400× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 2,000 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2.1× more

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 47.3335, -121.9883. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 21 km (13 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 34 km (21 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Kitsap County, WA 60 km (37 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Thurston County, WA 78 km (48 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Snohomish County, WA 82 km (51 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Lewis County, WA 89 km (55 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lewis 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. 1.8 1 km SW of Snoqualmie, Washington
  2. 1.6 1 km ESE of Issaquah, Washington
  3. 1.5 11 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
  4. 1.6 2 km SE of Kapowsin, Washington
  5. 2.3 0 km SSW of Boulevard Park, Washington
  6. 2.2 1 km NNE of Carnation, Washington
  7. 1.8 12 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  8. 1.5 1 km N of Boulevard Park, Washington
  9. 1.9 2 km SE of Ravensdale, Washington
  10. 1.7 1 km WNW of Bonney Lake, Washington
  11. 1.6 0 km N of Boulevard Park, Washington
  12. 2.8 0 km S of Boulevard Park, Washington
  13. 2.1 0 km SSW of Boulevard Park, Washington
  14. 2.2 2 km SSE of Carnation, Washington
  15. 1.6 0 km WSW of Boulevard Park, 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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