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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Darrington, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Darrington in the 24 hours to 2:09 am PST (10:09 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 74 km (46 mi) W, at 11:35 pm PDT on 1 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2,030 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Darrington
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Darrington, WA, at 10:33 pm PDT on 18 June 2023 (05:33 UTC), 8.8 km deep.
USGS: 6 km WSW of Darrington, Washington
84 km (52 mi) NE of Seattle, WA · 39 km (24 mi) ENE of Marysville, WA
- When
- 10:33 pm PDT on 18 June 2023 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) west-southwest of Darrington, WA · earthquakes near Darrington
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Snohomish County, 20 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1243 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Darrington, 6 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: Darrington 6 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 30,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.6 Near Marblemount, Washington · 37 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 35 km SW 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 48.2257, -121.6732. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snohomish County, WA | 20 km (13 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| Skagit County, WA | 32 km (20 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Skagit County |
| Whatcom County, WA | 70 km (43 mi) | N | earthquakes near Whatcom County |
| Island County, WA | 74 km (46 mi) | W | earthquakes near Island County |
| King County, WA | 83 km (51 mi) | S | earthquakes near King County |
| Chelan County, WA | 88 km (55 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Chelan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 2 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.6 4 km WSW of Darrington, Washington
- 1.7 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 2.7 8 km NNW of Swede Heaven, Washington
- 1.5 2 km SSW of Monroe, Washington
- 2.3 1 km SW of West Lake Stevens, Washington
- 1.6 2 km NE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.8 7 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington
- 1.7 2 km N of Bryant, Washington
- 1.9 3 km ESE of Lake Roesiger, Washington
- 2.2 3 km SW of Roosevelt, Washington
- 1.7 2 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
- 2.0 10 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
- 1.5 2 km W of Woods Creek, Washington
- 1.5 1 km ESE of Three Lakes, 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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