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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

2 km ESE of Enetai, Washington

· 28 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 9 kmMason County 52 kmKing County 56 kmIsland County 65 kmPierce County 66 kmThurston County 74 kmJefferson County 76 kmSnohomish County 80 kmGrays Harbor County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
28 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 9 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 759 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 11 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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 47.5778, -122.5673. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 9 km (6 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 52 km (32 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mason County
King County, WA 56 km (35 mi) W of here earthquakes near King County
Island County, WA 65 km (40 mi) S of here earthquakes near Island County
Pierce County, WA 66 km (41 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Thurston County, WA 74 km (46 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Thurston County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 2 km NNE of Lea Hill, Washington
  2. 2.1 1 km NW of Meadowdale, Washington
  3. 1.7 4 km WNW of Vashon, Washington
  4. 1.7 1 km WNW of Chico, Washington
  5. 1.7 5 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  6. 1.9 10 km WNW of Allyn, Washington
  7. 3.0 1 km NE of Gorst, Washington
  8. 2.0 4 km SW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  9. 3.1 Puget Sound region, Washington
  10. 1.8 4 km SW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  11. 2.3 0 km WSW of Bothell West, Washington
  12. 1.7 3 km ENE of Bainbridge Island, Washington
  13. 2.1 3 km SSE of Quilcene, Washington
  14. 2.1 10 km WNW of Longbranch, Washington
  15. 1.5 2 km NNW of Federal Way, 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 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — it released about 3,800 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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