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M 1.6ml

Washington

· 14 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 29 kmPierce County 36 kmKitsap County 81 kmKittitas County 83 kmLewis County 86 kmThurston County 88 kmSnohomish County 92 kmMason County 108 kmChelan County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
King County, 29 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1461 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 7.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 47.2307, -121.7583. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 29 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 36 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Kitsap County, WA 81 km (50 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Kittitas County, WA 83 km (51 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Lewis County, WA 86 km (54 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Thurston County, WA 88 km (54 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Thurston County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 3 km E of Carbonado, Washington
  2. 2.6 11 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  3. 1.7 8 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  4. 1.9 Washington
  5. 1.6 1 km SSE of Kapowsin, Washington
  6. 2.5 9 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  7. 1.8 11 km ENE of Enumclaw, Washington
  8. 1.5 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  9. 1.6 2 km SSE of Ames Lake, Washington
  10. 1.7 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  11. 2.7 16 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  12. 1.7 11 km E of Tanner, Washington
  13. 2.8 8 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  14. 2.1 9 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  15. 2.0 8 km ENE of Fall City, 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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