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M 2.4ml
Earthquake near Aberdeen, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Aberdeen in the 24 hours to 4:55 am PST (12:55 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 95 km (59 mi) ENE, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Aberdeen
This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) north-northeast of Aberdeen, WA, at 9:30 am PST on 4 December 2023 (17:30 UTC), 7.0 km deep.
USGS: 25 km ESE of Neilton, Washington
96 km (60 mi) WSW of Seattle, WA
- When
- 9:30 am PST on 4 December 2023 ()
- Where
- 45 km (28 mi) north-northeast of Aberdeen, WA · earthquakes near Aberdeen
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mason County, 29 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Olympia structure, 7 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 1075 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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Aberdeen, 45 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — about 340 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 8 km N of Satsop, Washington · 31 km SSE of this epicentre
- 5.1 Olympic Peninsula, Washington · 20 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.0 18 km N of Satsop, Washington · 20 km SSE 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 47.3447, -123.5618. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason County, WA | 29 km (18 mi) | E | earthquakes near Mason County |
| Grays Harbor County, WA | 33 km (20 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Grays Harbor County |
| Jefferson County, WA | 51 km (32 mi) | N | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Thurston County, WA | 72 km (45 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Thurston County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 76 km (47 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Clallam County, WA | 89 km (55 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Clallam 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.
- 1.6 9 km NE of Humptulips, Washington
- 1.6 19 km E of Humptulips, Washington
- 2.8 21 km NW of Hoodsport, Washington
- 1.5 12 km NNW of Amanda Park, Washington
- 1.5 11 km S of Shelton, Washington
- 1.6 15 km NNE of Amanda Park, Washington
- 1.6 7 km S of Shelton, Washington
- 1.9 8 km NW of Aberdeen Gardens, Washington
- 1.7 11 km S of Humptulips, Washington
- 2.0 9 km SSW of Humptulips, Washington
- 2.2 25 km W of Brinnon, Washington
- 2.0 8 km WSW of Neilton, Washington
- 1.5 16 km NNE of Amanda Park, Washington
- 1.6 3 km SSW of Shelton, Washington
- 1.6 15 km N of Satsop, 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
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- 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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