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M 1.9ml

Washington

· 16 km deep · released about 24 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 12 kmPierce County 56 kmSnohomish County 68 kmKitsap County 75 kmKittitas County 84 kmChelan County 93 kmThurston County 103 kmIsland County 108 kmLewis County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
King County, 12 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1646 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 24 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 5.8 640,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 450,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 40× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 24 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 47.4415, -121.6893. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 12 km (8 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 56 km (35 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Snohomish County, WA 68 km (43 mi) S of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 75 km (47 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Kittitas County, WA 84 km (52 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Chelan County, WA 93 km (58 mi) WSW 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. 1.9 10 km S of Sultan, Washington
  2. 2.5 9 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  3. 1.8 11 km ENE of Enumclaw, Washington
  4. 1.6 2 km SSE of Ames Lake, Washington
  5. 1.7 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  6. 1.7 11 km E of Tanner, Washington
  7. 2.8 8 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  8. 2.1 9 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  9. 2.0 8 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  10. 1.6 8 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  11. 3.9 9 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  12. 1.6 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  13. 1.9 14 km S of May Creek, Washington
  14. 1.6 11 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
  15. 2.7 1 km NW of Maple Valley, 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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