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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Bryant, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Bryant in the 24 hours to 7:42 pm PST (03:42 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 23 km (14 mi) SE, at 2:29 pm PDT on 30 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Bryant
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) north-northwest of Bryant, WA, at 12:49 pm PDT on 11 May 2023 (19:49 UTC), 3.4 km deep.
USGS: 4 km NNW of Bryant, Washington
75 km (46 mi) N of Seattle, WA · 22 km (14 mi) N of Marysville, WA
- When
- 12:49 pm PDT on 11 May 2023 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) north-northwest of Bryant, WA · earthquakes near Bryant
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Skagit County, 35 km NE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Utsalady Point fault, 22 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1280 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Bryant, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Arlington 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — about 18,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 34 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.0 6 km W of Conway, Washington · 20 km WNW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 48.2802, -122.1725. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skagit County, WA | 35 km (22 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Skagit County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 39 km (24 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| Island County, WA | 39 km (24 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Island County |
| Whatcom County, WA | 67 km (42 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Whatcom County |
| San Juan County, WA | 73 km (46 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near San Juan County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 80 km (49 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 6 km S of Acme, Washington
- 1.7 1 km ESE of Oso, Washington
- 1.5 3 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.9 14 km ESE of Acme, Washington
- 1.8 14 km NNE of Lyman, Washington
- 1.6 5 km SSW of Anacortes, Washington
- 1.7 5 km ESE of Coupeville, Washington
- 1.5 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.6 6 km W of Edison, Washington
- 1.8 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 2.8 3 km E of Port Townsend, Washington
- 1.7 9 km SW of Concrete, Washington
- 1.8 2 km SW of Sedro-Woolley, Washington
- 3.3 1 km NNE of Coupeville, Washington
- 2.7 1 km S of Roosevelt, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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