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M 2.8ml

10 km NNE of Ashford, Washington

· 6.7 km deep · released about 420 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pierce County 25 kmLewis County 42 kmThurston County 64 kmKing County 72 kmCowlitz County 90 kmSkamania County 92 kmKitsap County 101 kmKittitas County 104 kmMason County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
6.7 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Pierce County, 25 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 879 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 420 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 46.8533, -121.9918. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pierce County, WA 25 km (16 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Lewis County, WA 42 km (26 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Thurston County, WA 64 km (40 mi) E of here earthquakes near Thurston County
King County, WA 72 km (45 mi) S of here earthquakes near King County
Cowlitz County, WA 90 km (56 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Skamania County, WA 92 km (57 mi) N of here earthquakes near Skamania County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 17 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  2. 1.6 11 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  3. 1.5 6 km SW of Morton, Washington
  4. 2.5 14 km SSE of Ashford, Washington
  5. 1.6 8 km SSE of McKenna, Washington
  6. 1.7 3 km ENE of Buckley, Washington
  7. 1.7 11 km NNW of Morton, Washington
  8. 1.8 7 km SE of McKenna, Washington
  9. 1.8 11 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
  10. 1.7 0 km NNE of Parkland, Washington
  11. 1.9 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  12. 1.8 13 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  13. 1.6 6 km ENE of Kapowsin, Washington
  14. 1.8 15 km SW of Packwood, Washington
  15. 1.6 8 km SSE of McKenna, 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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