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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Home, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Home in the 24 hours to 2:51 am PST (10:51 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 14 km (9 mi) NNE, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Home
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) east of Home, WA, at 11:54 am PDT on 13 June 2021 (18:54 UTC), 32 km deep. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4 km E of Home, Washington
47 km (29 mi) SW of Seattle, WA · 18 km (11 mi) NW of Lakewood, WA
- When
- 11:54 am PDT on 13 June 2021 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) east of Home, WA · earthquakes near Home
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 32 km below the surface
- Felt
- 6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Mason County, 37 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Tacoma fault, 10 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1905 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Home, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Fox Island, Artondale, Rosedale, Key Center, Longbranch, Wollochet.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — about 1,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.8 The 2001 Nisqually, Washington Earthquake · 14 km S of this epicentre
- 6.7 4 km WNW of Roy, Washington · 30 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.7 1 km ENE of Dash Point, Washington · 23 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.1 Puget Sound region, Washington · 15 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.8 Puget Sound area, Washington · 15 km W of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 47.2735, -122.7007. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason County, WA | 37 km (23 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Mason County |
| Thurston County, WA | 39 km (24 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Thurston County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 41 km (25 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Pierce County, WA | 48 km (30 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| King County, WA | 70 km (43 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near King County |
| Lewis County, WA | 81 km (50 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lewis 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.
- 1.8 3 km WSW of White Center, Washington
- 1.9 1 km SSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
- 1.7 2 km WNW of Kapowsin, Washington
- 2.2 8 km SSW of Grapeview, Washington
- 1.5 5 km SW of Des Moines, Washington
- 1.8 5 km SW of Des Moines, Washington
- 1.6 Puget Sound region, Washington
- 1.6 8 km WSW of Home, Washington
- 2.3 5 km WNW of Wauna, Washington
- 1.5 5 km W of Gorst, Washington
- 1.5 3 km W of Hoodsport, Washington
- 1.5 1 km NNE of Lakewood, Washington
- 1.5 6 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
- 1.6 11 km S of Shelton, Washington
- 1.8 2 km WNW of Gorst, 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.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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