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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

36 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington

· 3.6 km deep · released about 6.2 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Chelan County 23 kmSnohomish County 65 kmKing County 80 kmKittitas County 85 kmDouglas County 93 kmSkagit County 95 kmOkanogan County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
3.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Chelan County, 23 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1777 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 6.2 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 47.8727, -120.9310. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Chelan County, WA 23 km (14 mi) W of here earthquakes near Chelan County
Snohomish County, WA 65 km (41 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 80 km (50 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near King County
Kittitas County, WA 85 km (53 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Douglas County, WA 93 km (58 mi) W of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Skagit County, WA 95 km (59 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Skagit County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 23 km NW of Granite Falls, Washington
  2. 1.5 4 km SW of Skykomish, Washington
  3. 1.6 4 km WSW of Skykomish, Washington
  4. 1.7 17 km W of Leavenworth, Washington
  5. 1.7 44 km WSW of Twisp, Washington
  6. 1.8 44 km WSW of Twisp, Washington
  7. 1.6 26 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington
  8. 1.9 25 km NW of Leavenworth, Washington
  9. 2.2 24 km NW of Leavenworth, Washington
  10. 2.6 26 km NW of Leavenworth, Washington
  11. 1.8 13 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington
  12. 1.7 46 km WSW of Twisp, Washington
  13. 1.6 52 km SE of Marblemount, Washington
  14. 1.9 20 km E of Darrington, Washington
  15. 1.8 41 km NW of Granite Falls, 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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