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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

2 km NNE of Esperance, Washington

· 27 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 30 kmIsland County 46 kmSnohomish County 51 kmKing County 52 kmMason County 80 kmPierce County 85 kmSkagit County 86 kmJefferson County 88 kmSan Juan County 96 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
27 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kitsap County, 30 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1867 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 25 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 5.8 620,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 39× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 47.8093, -122.3438. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 30 km (18 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 46 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 51 km (32 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 52 km (32 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King County
Mason County, WA 80 km (50 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Pierce County, WA 85 km (53 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pierce County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 3 km ESE of Port Ludlow, Washington
  2. 2.0 6 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  3. 1.5 1 km NNW of Granite Falls, Washington
  4. 2.4 7 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  5. 2.0 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  6. 2.0 3 km SE of Issaquah, Washington
  7. 1.5 3 km NNE of Picnic Point, Washington
  8. 1.6 1 km SW of Bothell East, Washington
  9. 1.9 6 km N of Brinnon, Washington
  10. 1.7 3 km WNW of Gorst, Washington
  11. 1.6 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  12. 1.5 1 km WSW of Silverdale, Washington
  13. 1.8 1 km SW of Monroe North, Washington
  14. 1.8 4 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  15. 1.7 1 km NNW of Silvana, 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 9,100 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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