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M 1.8ml

3 km NW of Mount Vernon, Washington

· 7.1 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 39 kmSkagit County 41 kmSan Juan County 55 kmWhatcom County 59 kmSnohomish County 62 kmKitsap County 92 kmJefferson County 112 kmKing County 114 kmClallam County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
7.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 39 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 567 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 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 48.4478, -122.3635. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 39 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Island County
Skagit County, WA 41 km (25 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skagit County
San Juan County, WA 55 km (34 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Whatcom County, WA 59 km (36 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Snohomish County, WA 62 km (39 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 92 km (57 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 7 km ENE of Oso, Washington
  2. 1.5 4 km NE of Oso, Washington
  3. 1.8 5 km ENE of Oso, Washington
  4. 3.4 6 km ENE of Oso, Washington
  5. 1.5 10 km NNW of Anacortes, Washington
  6. 2.1 6 km NNW of La Conner, Washington
  7. 1.5 1 km NNW of Granite Falls, Washington
  8. 3.6 2 km E of Mount Vernon, Washington
  9. 1.9 1 km WNW of Mount Vernon, Washington
  10. 1.7 1 km ESE of Acme, Washington
  11. 2.0 4 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  12. 1.7 1 km NNW of Silvana, Washington
  13. 2.0 8 km NE of Granite Falls, Washington
  14. 1.5 8 km SSW of Everson, Washington
  15. 1.9 8 km ENE of Port Townsend, 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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