QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

4 km WNW of Freeland, Washington

· 60 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 16 kmKitsap County 44 kmSnohomish County 60 kmSan Juan County 66 kmJefferson County 75 kmSkagit County 76 kmKing County 81 kmMason County 88 kmClallam County 98 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 1.6 (ml)
Depth
60 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 16 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1919 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 6.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 48.0290, -122.5713. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 16 km (10 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Island County
Kitsap County, WA 44 km (27 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Snohomish County, WA 60 km (37 mi) W of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
San Juan County, WA 66 km (41 mi) SE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Jefferson County, WA 75 km (47 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Skagit County, WA 76 km (47 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Skagit County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 Olympic Peninsula, Washington
  2. 1.8 3 km ESE of Port Ludlow, Washington
  3. 2.0 6 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  4. 2.1 6 km NNW of La Conner, Washington
  5. 3.6 2 km E of Mount Vernon, Washington
  6. 1.5 3 km NNE of Picnic Point, Washington
  7. 1.6 1 km SW of Bothell East, Washington
  8. 1.9 6 km N of Brinnon, Washington
  9. 1.9 1 km WNW of Mount Vernon, Washington
  10. 1.8 7 km ESE of Blyn, Washington
  11. 1.5 1 km WSW of Silverdale, Washington
  12. 2.0 4 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  13. 1.8 4 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  14. 1.7 1 km NNW of Silvana, Washington
  15. 1.9 1 km ESE of Esperance, 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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.