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M 1.9ml

8 km NE of Ashford, Washington

· 7.2 km deep · released about 18 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pierce County 29 kmLewis County 41 kmThurston County 67 kmKing County 75 kmCowlitz County 88 kmSkamania County 88 kmYakima County 102 kmKittitas County 103 kmKitsap County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
7.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Pierce County, 29 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1953 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 18 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 46.8203, -121.9633. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pierce County, WA 29 km (18 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Lewis County, WA 41 km (26 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Thurston County, WA 67 km (42 mi) E of here earthquakes near Thurston County
King County, WA 75 km (47 mi) S of here earthquakes near King County
Cowlitz County, WA 88 km (55 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Skamania County, WA 88 km (55 mi) N of here earthquakes near Skamania County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 1 km WNW of Kapowsin, Washington
  2. 2.1 5 km SW of Black Diamond, Washington
  3. 1.9 10 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  4. 1.7 2 km WNW of Kapowsin, Washington
  5. 1.6 16 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  6. 2.3 15 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  7. 1.6 Washington
  8. 1.6 2 km ESE of Kapowsin, Washington
  9. 1.9 12 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  10. 3.1 6 km SSE of Black Diamond, Washington
  11. 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  12. 1.6 11 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  13. 1.6 2 km SSE of Kapowsin, Washington
  14. 1.7 11 km SSW of Morton, Washington
  15. 2.2 11 km SSW of Morton, 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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