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M 1.9ml

11 km SE of Riverbend, Washington

· 12 km deep · released about 20 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 19 kmPierce County 56 kmSnohomish County 73 kmKittitas County 78 kmKitsap County 81 kmChelan County 90 kmThurston County 105 kmLewis County 108 kmIsland County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
King County, 19 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1944 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 20 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 5.8 760,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 540,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 48× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 20 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 47.4070, -121.6207. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 19 km (12 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 56 km (35 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Snohomish County, WA 73 km (45 mi) S of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kittitas County, WA 78 km (48 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Kitsap County, WA 81 km (51 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Chelan County, WA 90 km (56 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Chelan 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. 1.5 0 km SSE of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  2. 1.7 15 km SW of Easton, Washington
  3. 2.1 5 km SW of Black Diamond, Washington
  4. 1.6 6 km SW of Sultan, Washington
  5. 1.6 Washington
  6. 1.5 Washington
  7. 2.0 Washington
  8. 3.1 6 km SSE of Black Diamond, Washington
  9. 1.9 12 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
  10. 1.9 2 km E of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington
  11. 1.6 Washington
  12. 1.8 1 km W of Redmond, Washington
  13. 1.6 11 km SSW of Gold Bar, Washington
  14. 1.5 13 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  15. 2.4 7 km ENE of Fall City, 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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