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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

3 km W of Hoodsport, Washington

· 17 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mason County 6 kmKitsap County 48 kmJefferson County 51 kmGrays Harbor County 58 kmThurston County 59 kmPierce County 88 kmIsland County 92 kmClallam County 94 kmKing County 102 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mason County, 6 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 565 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 5.6 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 2,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 47.4082, -123.1873. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mason County, WA 6 km (4 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mason County
Kitsap County, WA 48 km (30 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Jefferson County, WA 51 km (32 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Grays Harbor County, WA 58 km (36 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Grays Harbor County
Thurston County, WA 59 km (37 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Pierce County, WA 88 km (54 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Pierce County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 7 km SSW of Shelton, Washington
  2. 1.8 5 km SE of Quilcene, Washington
  3. 2.3 28 km NW of Hoodsport, Washington
  4. 3.4 17 km WSW of Brinnon, Washington
  5. 1.7 0 km S of Belfair, Washington
  6. 1.6 10 km WNW of Belfair, Washington
  7. 2.3 24 km W of Quilcene, Washington
  8. 1.8 4 km SSE of Seabeck, Washington
  9. 4.0 6 km W of Quilcene, Washington
  10. 2.4 25 km ESE of Neilton, Washington
  11. 1.7 1 km WNW of Chico, Washington
  12. 1.9 10 km WNW of Allyn, Washington
  13. 1.6 8 km WSW of Tumwater, Washington
  14. 3.0 1 km NE of Gorst, Washington
  15. 3.1 Puget Sound region, 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 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — it released about 7,400 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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