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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

4 km NNW of Kingston, Washington

· 25 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 24 kmIsland County 38 kmSnohomish County 61 kmKing County 64 kmMason County 73 kmJefferson County 75 kmSan Juan County 86 kmSkagit County 90 kmPierce County 92 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Kitsap County, 24 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1884 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 47.8362, -122.5212. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 24 km (15 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 38 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 61 km (38 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 64 km (40 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King County
Mason County, WA 73 km (45 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Jefferson County, WA 75 km (47 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

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

  1. 1.5 1 km NNW of Granite Falls, Washington
  2. 1.5 3 km NNE of Picnic Point, Washington
  3. 1.6 1 km SW of Bothell East, Washington
  4. 1.9 6 km N of Brinnon, Washington
  5. 1.7 3 km WNW of Gorst, Washington
  6. 1.8 7 km ESE of Blyn, Washington
  7. 1.5 1 km WSW of Silverdale, Washington
  8. 1.8 1 km SW of Monroe North, Washington
  9. 1.8 4 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  10. 1.7 1 km NNW of Silvana, Washington
  11. 1.9 1 km ESE of Esperance, Washington
  12. 1.7 12 km NNW of Quilcene, Washington
  13. 2.2 1 km NNE of Cathcart, Washington
  14. 1.6 7 km WNW of Gorst, Washington
  15. 1.5 7 km ENE of Allyn, 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 5,400 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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