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M 1.5ml

16 km NE of Jamestown, Washington

· 48 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 23 kmSan Juan County 31 kmJefferson County 65 kmKitsap County 71 kmClallam County 71 kmSkagit County 89 kmSnohomish County 91 kmMason County 101 kmWhatcom County 106 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
48 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 23 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1489 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 48.2428, -122.9553. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 23 km (14 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Island County
San Juan County, WA 31 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Jefferson County, WA 65 km (40 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Kitsap County, WA 71 km (44 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Clallam County, WA 71 km (44 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Clallam County
Skagit County, WA 89 km (55 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Skagit 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. 3.5 7 km SSW of River Road, Washington
  2. 4.0 6 km W of Quilcene, Washington
  3. 1.7 5 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  4. 1.6 2 km ENE of Port Angeles East, Washington
  5. 2.0 4 km SW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  6. 1.8 4 km SW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  7. 4.3 Port Townsend, WA
  8. 2.2 Washington
  9. 1.5 10 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington
  10. 1.8 0 km SSE of Camano, Washington
  11. 1.6 Puget Sound region, Washington
  12. 1.6 9 km SSW of Carlsborg, Washington
  13. 1.6 10 km ESE of Orcas, Washington
  14. 1.7 6 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington
  15. 1.7 8 km WNW 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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