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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

8 km WNW of Friday Harbor, Washington

· -0.0 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Juan County 7 kmIsland County 57 kmClallam County 76 kmJefferson County 90 kmSkagit County 97 kmWhatcom County 99 kmKitsap County 109 kmSnohomish County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
San Juan County, 7 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1241 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 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 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 48.5705, -123.1213. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Juan County, WA 7 km (4 mi) N of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Island County, WA 57 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Island County
Clallam County, WA 76 km (47 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clallam County
Jefferson County, WA 90 km (56 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Skagit County, WA 97 km (60 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Whatcom County, WA 99 km (62 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Whatcom County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 8 km WNW of La Conner, Washington
  2. 1.8 5 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada
  3. 1.8 5 km SW of Custer, Washington
  4. 1.7 2 km NE of Six Mile, Canada
  5. 2.1 4 km WSW of Ault Field, Washington
  6. 2.1 7 km NW of Jamestown, Washington
  7. 1.5 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  8. 2.5 4 km ENE of Oak Bay, Canada
  9. 1.5 10 km E of Orcas, Washington
  10. 4.5 2025 Orcas Island, Washington
  11. 2.3 1 km NNE of Esquimalt, Canada
  12. 3.7 16 km SSE of Victoria, Canada
  13. 1.8 17 km NNW of Jamestown, Washington
  14. 1.5 11 km NNW of Orcas, Washington
  15. 1.8 2 km W of Point Roberts, 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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