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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3ml

0 km E of Esperance, Washington

· 26 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 28 kmIsland County 48 kmKing County 51 kmSnohomish County 53 kmMason County 79 kmPierce County 83 kmSkagit County 88 kmJefferson County 88 kmSan Juan County 98 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 28 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 564 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 47.7882, -122.3472. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 28 km (17 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 48 km (30 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Island County
King County, WA 51 km (32 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King County
Snohomish County, WA 53 km (33 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Mason County, WA 79 km (49 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Pierce County, WA 83 km (52 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pierce County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 4 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  2. 1.8 2 km N of Keyport, Washington
  3. 1.9 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  4. 1.6 2 km SSW of Mirrormont, Washington
  5. 1.7 1 km E of White Center, Washington
  6. 1.6 4 km E of Duvall, Washington
  7. 2.3 2 km E of Issaquah, Washington
  8. 2.0 7 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  9. 2.6 1 km SSW of Burien, Washington
  10. 1.7 5 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  11. 2.7 1 km S of Roosevelt, Washington
  12. 1.7 3 km N of West Lake Sammamish, Washington
  13. 1.6 2 km W of City of Sammamish, Washington
  14. 1.6 1 km NE of Mirrormont, Washington
  15. 1.5 1 km E of Granite Falls, 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 2,600 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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