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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5ml

14 km W of Marietta, Washington

· 16 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N San Juan County 39 kmWhatcom County 69 kmIsland County 70 kmSkagit County 78 kmSnohomish County 110 kmClallam County 111 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
San Juan County, 39 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 984 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 83,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 59,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 48.7840, -122.7807. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
San Juan County, WA 39 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Whatcom County, WA 69 km (43 mi) W of here earthquakes near Whatcom County
Island County, WA 70 km (44 mi) N of here earthquakes near Island County
Skagit County, WA 78 km (48 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Skagit County
Snohomish County, WA 110 km (69 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Clallam County, WA 111 km (69 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clallam County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 11 km WNW of Ault Field, Washington
  2. 1.5 5 km WSW of Ferndale, Washington
  3. 1.5 8 km WNW of La Conner, Washington
  4. 1.7 4 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington
  5. 1.9 4 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington
  6. 2.8 4 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington
  7. 2.6 4 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington
  8. 1.9 4 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington
  9. 1.8 5 km SW of Custer, Washington
  10. 1.9 3 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington
  11. 2.0 3 km S of Alger, Washington
  12. 2.4 4 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington
  13. 1.5 8 km WNW of Orcas, Washington
  14. 2.3 3 km SE of Aldergrove East, Canada
  15. 2.5 4 km ENE of Oak Bay, Canada

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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