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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Aberdeen, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Aberdeen in the 24 hours to 3:55 am PST (11:55 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 95 km (59 mi) ENE, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Aberdeen
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 43 km (26 mi) north-northwest of Aberdeen, WA, at 2:32 pm PDT on 17 April 2024 (21:32 UTC), 5.7 km deep.
USGS: 7 km SSW of Neilton, Washington
- When
- 2:32 pm PDT on 17 April 2024 ()
- Where
- 43 km (26 mi) north-northwest of Aberdeen, WA · earthquakes near Aberdeen
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Grays Harbor County, 27 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Cascadia fold and fault belt, 7 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 939 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Aberdeen, 43 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2018-11-19 — about 7,200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 8 km N of Satsop, Washington · 47 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.1 Olympic Peninsula, Washington · 43 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.0 18 km N of Satsop, Washington · 38 km ESE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 47.3500, -123.9277. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grays Harbor County, WA | 27 km (17 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Grays Harbor County |
| Mason County, WA | 57 km (35 mi) | E | earthquakes near Mason County |
| Jefferson County, WA | 59 km (37 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Clallam County, WA | 85 km (53 mi) | N | earthquakes near Clallam County |
| Pacific County, WA | 89 km (55 mi) | S | earthquakes near Pacific County |
| Thurston County, WA | 95 km (59 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Thurston County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 0.9 23 km WNW of Skokomish, Washington
- 1.6 2 km NE of Hoquiam, Washington
- 0.9 25 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
- 1.0 7 km WNW of Humptulips, Washington
- 1.0 17 km E of Humptulips, Washington
- 1.8 2 km WSW of Ocean City, Washington
- 1.8 34 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
- 1.7 35 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
- 1.5 6 km E of Queets, Washington
- 2.0 35 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
- 1.7 12 km NNW of Humptulips, Washington
- 2.2 12 km ENE of Humptulips, Washington
- 1.6 5 km WNW of Humptulips, Washington
- 1.5 2 km ESE of Humptulips, Washington
- 1.6 9 km NE of Humptulips, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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