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M 1.7ml

2 km N of Metchosin, Canada

· 18 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Juan County 33 kmClallam County 43 kmJefferson County 67 kmIsland County 69 kmKitsap County 108 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Juan County, 33 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 566 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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 48.4093, -123.5287. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Juan County, WA 33 km (21 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Clallam County, WA 43 km (26 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clallam County
Jefferson County, WA 67 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Island County, WA 69 km (43 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Island County
Kitsap County, WA 108 km (67 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 121 km (75 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Mason 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. 2.1 8 km SW of Duncan, Canada
  2. 1.9 14 km N of Jamestown, Washington
  3. 2.0 1 km SSW of North Saanich, Canada
  4. 1.7 6 km E of North Saanich, Canada
  5. 1.8 5 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada
  6. 1.9 5 km NNE of Port Angeles, Washington
  7. 1.7 2 km NE of Six Mile, Canada
  8. 2.1 7 km NW of Jamestown, Washington
  9. 1.5 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  10. 2.5 4 km ENE of Oak Bay, Canada
  11. 2.3 1 km NNE of Esquimalt, Canada
  12. 3.7 16 km SSE of Victoria, Canada
  13. 1.8 17 km NNW of Jamestown, Washington
  14. 1.5 11 km NNW of Orcas, Washington
  15. 2.8 10 km WSW of Friday Harbor, 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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