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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

27 km NNE of Queets, Washington

· 25 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clallam County 44 kmJefferson County 46 kmGrays Harbor County 74 kmMason County 85 kmKitsap County 112 kmSan Juan County 114 kmIsland County 118 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 2.6 (ml)
Depth
25 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Clallam County, 44 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 866 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 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 47.7467, -124.1367. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clallam County, WA 44 km (28 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Clallam County
Jefferson County, WA 46 km (29 mi) W of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Grays Harbor County, WA 74 km (46 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Grays Harbor County
Mason County, WA 85 km (53 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Mason County
Kitsap County, WA 112 km (70 mi) W of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
San Juan County, WA 114 km (71 mi) SW of here earthquakes near San Juan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 34 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
  2. 1.6 16 km NNW of Queets, Washington
  3. 1.5 19 km NNW of Forks, Washington
  4. 1.7 12 km S of Forks, Washington
  5. 1.5 6 km E of Queets, Washington
  6. 1.6 11 km E of Forks, Washington
  7. 1.6 20 km N of Queets, Washington
  8. 1.7 12 km NNW of Humptulips, Washington
  9. 1.7 12 km NE of Santiago, Washington
  10. 1.6 4 km WSW of Forks, Washington
  11. 2.0 9 km NE of Santiago, Washington
  12. 1.5 12 km NNW of Amanda Park, Washington
  13. 1.6 15 km NNE of Amanda Park, Washington
  14. 2.0 8 km WSW of Neilton, Washington
  15. 1.8 7 km SE of Queets, 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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