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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

6 km NNW of Lofall, Washington

· -0.1 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 25 kmIsland County 33 kmJefferson County 62 kmMason County 67 kmSnohomish County 73 kmKing County 77 kmSan Juan County 77 kmClallam County 93 kmSkagit County 96 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
-0.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 25 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1937 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 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 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 47.8660, -122.6973. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 25 km (16 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 33 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Island County
Jefferson County, WA 62 km (39 mi) E of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Mason County, WA 67 km (42 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Snohomish County, WA 73 km (45 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 77 km (48 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near King County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 4 km ENE of Camano, Washington
  2. 1.7 5 km SW of Seattle, Washington
  3. 1.6 Olympic Peninsula, Washington
  4. 1.6 8 km N of Belfair, Washington
  5. 1.8 3 km ESE of Port Ludlow, Washington
  6. 2.0 6 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  7. 1.5 3 km NNE of Picnic Point, Washington
  8. 1.6 1 km SW of Bothell East, Washington
  9. 1.9 6 km N of Brinnon, Washington
  10. 1.7 3 km WNW of Gorst, Washington
  11. 1.8 7 km ESE of Blyn, Washington
  12. 1.5 1 km WSW of Silverdale, Washington
  13. 1.8 4 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  14. 1.9 1 km ESE of Esperance, Washington
  15. 1.7 12 km NNW of Quilcene, 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 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — it released about 7,700 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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