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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

3 km SSE of Sultan, Washington

· 19 km deep · released about 18 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Snohomish County 25 kmKing County 38 kmKitsap County 67 kmSkagit County 74 kmIsland County 74 kmChelan County 88 kmPierce County 91 kmWhatcom County 113 kmKittitas County 115 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
19 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Snohomish County, 25 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1147 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 18 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 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 47.8312, -121.7987. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Snohomish County, WA 25 km (16 mi) S of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 38 km (24 mi) N of here earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 67 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Skagit County, WA 74 km (46 mi) S of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Island County, WA 74 km (46 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Island County
Chelan County, WA 88 km (55 mi) W of here earthquakes near Chelan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 1 km E of Ames Lake, Washington
  2. 1.6 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  3. 2.0 4 km SE of Swede Heaven, Washington
  4. 1.7 6 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  5. 1.7 5 km SW of Fall City, Washington
  6. 1.7 3 km E of Carnation, Washington
  7. 1.5 1 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  8. 1.7 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  9. 1.6 3 km S of Monroe, Washington
  10. 1.6 8 km NE of Tanner, Washington
  11. 1.8 2 km NE of Mirrormont, Washington
  12. 2.2 9 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  13. 1.7 2 km WSW of Woods Creek, Washington
  14. 1.8 0 km NNE of Woods Creek, Washington
  15. 2.8 8 km NW of Verlot, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — it released about 12,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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