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M 2.3ml

2 km SSW of Ravensdale, Washington

· 20 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 22 kmPierce County 33 kmKitsap County 60 kmThurston County 77 kmSnohomish County 82 kmLewis County 88 kmMason County 89 kmKittitas County 102 kmIsland County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
King County, 22 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2097 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 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 47.3320, -121.9987. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 22 km (13 mi) SW of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 33 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 77 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 88 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

56 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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