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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7ml

1 km NW of Redmond, Washington

· 32 km deep · released about 360 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 31 kmKitsap County 39 kmSnohomish County 50 kmIsland County 66 kmPierce County 70 kmMason County 87 kmSkagit County 93 kmThurston County 98 kmJefferson County 105 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 2.7 (ml)
Depth
32 km below the surface
Felt
13 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
King County, 31 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 655 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 13 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 360 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 42,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 30,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 360 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 47.6823, -122.1308. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 31 km (19 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 39 km (24 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Snohomish County, WA 50 km (31 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Island County, WA 66 km (41 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Island County
Pierce County, WA 70 km (44 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Mason County, WA 87 km (54 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

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

  1. 1.6 3 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington
  2. 1.7 2 km N of White Center, Washington
  3. 1.6 3 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington
  4. 2.1 3 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington
  5. 1.6 3 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington
  6. 1.8 5 km NE of Kingston, Washington
  7. 1.7 6 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
  8. 1.5 3 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington
  9. 2.6 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  10. 2.7 1 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
  11. 1.9 1 km E of Enetai, Washington
  12. 2.6 1 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
  13. 2.4 1 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
  14. 1.9 1 km E of Enetai, Washington
  15. 3.0 0 km E of Enetai, 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 620 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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