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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

22 km N of Keller, Washington

· 1.8 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ferry County 24 kmStevens County 63 kmLincoln County 80 kmOkanogan County 83 kmDouglas County 96 kmPend Oreille County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
1.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ferry County, 24 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1572 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 5.9 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 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 48.2815, -118.6855. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ferry County, WA 24 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Ferry County
Stevens County, WA 63 km (39 mi) W of here earthquakes near Stevens County
Lincoln County, WA 80 km (50 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Okanogan County, WA 83 km (52 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Okanogan County
Douglas County, WA 96 km (60 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Pend Oreille County, WA 111 km (69 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Pend Oreille County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 13 km ENE of Nespelem, Washington
  2. 1.7 23 km NW of Inchelium, 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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