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M 1.7ml

4 km NE of La Conner, Washington

· 19 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Island County 32 kmSkagit County 48 kmSan Juan County 49 kmSnohomish County 65 kmWhatcom County 66 kmKitsap County 87 kmJefferson County 104 kmClallam County 111 kmKing County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Island County, 32 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1427 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 48.4117, -122.4545. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Island County, WA 32 km (20 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Island County
Skagit County, WA 48 km (30 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skagit County
San Juan County, WA 49 km (30 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Snohomish County, WA 65 km (40 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Whatcom County, WA 66 km (41 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Kitsap County, WA 87 km (54 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kitsap County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 14 km NNE of Lyman, Washington
  2. 2.0 2 km WNW of Deming, Washington
  3. 1.5 4 km SSW of Marietta, Washington
  4. 1.6 5 km SSW of Anacortes, Washington
  5. 1.9 2 km S of Marietta-Alderwood, Washington
  6. 2.2 2 km S of Marietta-Alderwood, Washington
  7. 1.7 5 km ESE of Coupeville, Washington
  8. 1.6 6 km W of Edison, Washington
  9. 2.8 3 km E of Port Townsend, Washington
  10. 1.6 2 km SSW of Ferndale, Washington
  11. 1.8 2 km SSW of Ferndale, Washington
  12. 1.5 5 km W of Coupeville, Washington
  13. 1.8 2 km SW of Sedro-Woolley, Washington
  14. 3.3 1 km NNE of Coupeville, Washington
  15. 1.6 2 km W of Clinton, 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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