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M 1.9ml

6 km WSW of Peaceful Valley, Washington

· 12 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Whatcom County 29 kmSkagit County 55 kmSan Juan County 79 kmIsland County 90 kmSnohomish County 101 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 1.9 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Whatcom County, 29 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1920 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 21 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 5.8 730,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 520,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 46× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 48.9112, -122.2187. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Whatcom County, WA 29 km (18 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Skagit County, WA 55 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
San Juan County, WA 79 km (49 mi) NE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Island County, WA 90 km (56 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 101 km (63 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Chelan County, WA 166 km (103 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Chelan 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 5 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada
  2. 1.6 Washington
  3. 1.5 4 km NW of Glacier, Washington
  4. 1.5 0 km WNW of Sumas, Washington
  5. 1.6 12 km NE of Abbotsford, Canada
  6. 1.6 11 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada
  7. 1.7 12 km NE of Abbotsford, Canada
  8. 2.2 12 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada
  9. 1.9 5 km S of Acme, Washington
  10. 1.7 Washington
  11. 1.5 9 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada
  12. 1.6 9 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada
  13. 1.6 British Columbia, Canada
  14. 2.1 Washington
  15. 2.2 8 km NE of Marietta-Alderwood, 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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