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M 1.6ml

2 km NNE of Lea Hill, Washington

· 20 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 29 kmPierce County 33 kmKitsap County 49 kmThurston County 68 kmMason County 76 kmSnohomish County 84 kmLewis County 87 kmIsland County 98 kmJefferson County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
King County, 29 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1016 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 8.7 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 47.3492, -122.1632. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 29 km (18 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 33 km (21 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Kitsap County, WA 49 km (30 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Thurston County, WA 68 km (42 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Mason County, WA 76 km (47 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mason County
Snohomish County, WA 84 km (52 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 4 km WNW of Bainbridge Island, Washington
  2. 1.5 5 km WSW of Black Diamond, Washington
  3. 1.7 1 km WSW of Burien, Washington
  4. 1.9 3 km SE of Fife, Washington
  5. 1.5 2 km ESE of Buckley, Washington
  6. 1.8 3 km S of Southworth, Washington
  7. 1.7 0 km WSW of Kapowsin, Washington
  8. 1.7 12 km E of Wilkeson, Washington
  9. 1.7 1 km NE of White Center, Washington
  10. 1.8 1 km E of Enetai, Washington
  11. 2.2 3 km SW of Redmond, Washington
  12. 1.6 1 km SE of Kapowsin, Washington
  13. 1.7 2 km NW of Manchester, Washington
  14. 2.5 4 km WSW of Artondale, Washington
  15. 2.3 0 km ESE of Waller, 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.

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