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M 1.9ml

1 km WNW of Mount Vernon, Washington

· 9.6 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 38 kmSkagit County 40 kmSan Juan County 56 kmWhatcom County 60 kmSnohomish County 60 kmKitsap County 90 kmKing County 111 kmJefferson County 111 kmClallam County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
9.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 38 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1636 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 21 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 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 48.4258, -122.3495. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 38 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Island County
Skagit County, WA 40 km (25 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skagit County
San Juan County, WA 56 km (35 mi) E of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Whatcom County, WA 60 km (37 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Snohomish County, WA 60 km (37 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 90 km (56 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

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

  1. 1.7 15 km NE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  2. 1.9 4 km SW of Big Lake, Washington
  3. 1.6 2 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  4. 2.9 12 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
  5. 1.6 10 km ESE of Orcas, Washington
  6. 1.9 6 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  7. 2.0 15 km SSW of Concrete, Washington
  8. 1.6 2 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  9. 2.0 14 km NE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  10. 2.3 15 km NE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  11. 1.6 4 km NNE of Oso, Washington
  12. 1.5 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  13. 1.7 Washington
  14. 1.6 9 km NNE of Sedro-Woolley, Washington
  15. 3.1 6 km N of Camano, 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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