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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

3 km NNE of White Center, Washington

· 32 km deep · released about 20 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 26 kmKing County 38 kmPierce County 57 kmMason County 67 kmSnohomish County 70 kmIsland County 72 kmThurston County 78 kmJefferson County 94 kmLewis County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
32 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 26 km WNW
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 20 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 760,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 540,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 48× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 20 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 47.5493, -122.3317. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 26 km (16 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
King County, WA 38 km (24 mi) W of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 57 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Mason County, WA 67 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Snohomish County, WA 70 km (44 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Island County, WA 72 km (45 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Island 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. 2.3 0 km E of Esperance, Washington
  2. 2.2 6 km WSW of Lofall, Washington
  3. 2.7 1 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington
  4. 1.7 4 km SE of Quilcene, Washington
  5. 1.6 1 km WSW of Seattle, Washington
  6. 1.8 1 km SSW of Three Lakes, Washington
  7. 1.9 3 km NNE of White Center, Washington
  8. 1.6 4 km SE of Quilcene, Washington
  9. 1.9 2 km NW of Chico, Washington
  10. 1.5 0 km WNW of Pacific, Washington
  11. 1.8 1 km ESE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington
  12. 2.3 6 km SE of Port Ludlow, Washington
  13. 1.6 0 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
  14. 1.9 4 km SW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  15. 1.6 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 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — it released about 11,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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