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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

0 km WSW of Lynnwood, Washington

· 28 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 31 kmIsland County 46 kmSnohomish County 49 kmKing County 52 kmMason County 82 kmSkagit County 84 kmPierce County 86 kmJefferson County 90 kmSan Juan County 96 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 2.0 (ml)
Depth
28 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kitsap County, 31 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 675 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 33 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 47.8185, -122.3232. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 31 km (20 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 46 km (28 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 49 km (31 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 52 km (32 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King County
Mason County, WA 82 km (51 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Skagit County, WA 84 km (52 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Skagit County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 3 km NNW of Enetai, Washington
  2. 1.5 2 km NNW of Enetai, Washington
  3. 2.8 0 km ENE of Tracyton, Washington
  4. 1.6 2 km NNW of Enetai, Washington
  5. 2.4 8 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  6. 1.5 2 km SSW of Monroe, Washington
  7. 2.1 7 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  8. 1.6 1 km NE of Enetai, Washington
  9. 1.7 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  10. 2.3 1 km SW of West Lake Stevens, Washington
  11. 1.6 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  12. 1.6 2 km NE of Granite Falls, Washington
  13. 1.9 7 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  14. 2.8 8 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  15. 2.1 7 km ENE of Fall City, 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 6,700 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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