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M 1.6ml

1 km NE of Maple Ridge, Canada

· 8.6 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Whatcom County 70 kmSan Juan County 88 kmSkagit County 99 kmIsland County 119 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 1.6 (ml)
Depth
8.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Whatcom County, 70 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2001 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 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 49.2280, -122.5915. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Whatcom County, WA 70 km (43 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
San Juan County, WA 88 km (55 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Skagit County, WA 99 km (62 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Island County, WA 119 km (74 mi) N of here earthquakes near Island County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 10 km NE of Abbotsford, Canada
  2. 1.7 2 km WSW of Point Roberts, Washington
  3. 1.6 2 km W of Point Roberts, Washington
  4. 1.5 12 km W of Chilliwack, Canada
  5. 1.5 10 km E of Mission, Canada
  6. 1.5 11 km ENE of Mission, Canada
  7. 1.8 2 km E of Peaceful Valley, Washington
  8. 2.3 28 km NNE of Maple Ridge, Canada
  9. 1.7 10 km NNE of Maple Falls, Washington
  10. 1.5 10 km ENE of Coquitlam, Canada
  11. 1.6 2 km SSW of Ferndale, Washington
  12. 1.8 2 km SSW of Ferndale, Washington
  13. 1.5 9 km WSW of Chilliwack, Canada
  14. 1.6 4 km NE of Bellingham, Washington
  15. 1.7 8 km E of Ferndale, 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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