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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

5 km WSW of Acme, Washington

· 18 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Whatcom County 36 kmSkagit County 40 kmSan Juan County 65 kmIsland County 67 kmSnohomish County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Whatcom County, 36 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1988 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 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 48.6942, -122.2690. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Whatcom County, WA 36 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Skagit County, WA 40 km (25 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
San Juan County, WA 65 km (40 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Island County, WA 67 km (41 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 80 km (50 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 121 km (75 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 10 km NNW of Anacortes, Washington
  2. 2.1 6 km NNW of La Conner, Washington
  3. 3.6 2 km E of Mount Vernon, Washington
  4. 1.9 1 km WNW of Mount Vernon, Washington
  5. 1.7 1 km ESE of Acme, Washington
  6. 2.0 4 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  7. 1.9 6 km SSE of Birch Bay, Washington
  8. 2.0 3 km WNW of Glacier, Washington
  9. 2.1 8 km N of Maple Falls, Washington
  10. 1.5 8 km SSW of Everson, Washington
  11. 2.1 7 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  12. 1.7 1 km SE of Mount Vernon, Washington
  13. 1.8 10 km NE of Abbotsford, Canada
  14. 1.5 3 km ENE of Custer, Washington
  15. 1.5 2 km W of Big Lake, 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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