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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3ml

2 km E of Issaquah, Washington

· 26 km deep · released about 77 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 13 kmKitsap County 50 kmPierce County 55 kmSnohomish County 61 kmIsland County 86 kmMason County 91 kmThurston County 91 kmSkagit County 108 kmKittitas County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
King County, 13 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 978 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 77 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 77 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 47.5303, -121.9982. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 13 km (8 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 50 km (31 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Pierce County, WA 55 km (34 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Snohomish County, WA 61 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Island County, WA 86 km (53 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Island County
Mason County, WA 91 km (56 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mason County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 3 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington
  2. 1.6 3 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington
  3. 1.8 5 km NE of Kingston, Washington
  4. 1.7 6 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
  5. 1.5 3 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington
  6. 1.6 12 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
  7. 2.6 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  8. 1.5 2 km W of Woods Creek, Washington
  9. 1.6 2 km W of Kirkland, Washington
  10. 1.5 1 km ESE of Three Lakes, Washington
  11. 1.9 5 km E of Enumclaw, Washington
  12. 1.6 10 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  13. 2.5 10 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  14. 2.0 0 km WSW of Lynnwood, Washington
  15. 1.7 3 km N of Woods Creek, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — it released about 2,900 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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