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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

5 km NE of Kingston, Washington

· 25 km deep · released about 10 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 27 kmIsland County 39 kmSnohomish County 57 kmKing County 61 kmMason County 76 kmJefferson County 80 kmSkagit County 87 kmSan Juan County 88 kmPierce County 91 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 1.7 (ml)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 27 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1940 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 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 47.8398, -122.4567. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 27 km (16 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 39 km (24 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 57 km (35 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 61 km (38 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King County
Mason County, WA 76 km (47 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Jefferson County, WA 80 km (50 mi) E of here earthquakes near Jefferson 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 5 km NNE of Duvall, Washington
  2. 1.9 1 km ESE of Esperance, Washington
  3. 1.7 12 km NNW of Quilcene, Washington
  4. 2.2 1 km NNE of Cathcart, Washington
  5. 1.8 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  6. 1.6 7 km WNW of Gorst, Washington
  7. 1.8 5 km N of Lofall, Washington
  8. 1.5 1 km E of Ames Lake, Washington
  9. 1.6 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  10. 1.9 8 km ENE of Port Townsend, Washington
  11. 1.5 3 km NNE of White Center, Washington
  12. 1.7 1 km NNE of Enetai, Washington
  13. 1.7 0 km NNE of Navy Yard City, Washington
  14. 1.5 1 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  15. 1.7 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, 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 22,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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