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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

3 km SE of Fife, Washington

· 18 km deep · released about 18 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pierce County 23 kmKing County 48 kmThurston County 49 kmKitsap County 53 kmMason County 65 kmLewis County 71 kmSnohomish County 102 kmIsland County 108 kmJefferson County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Pierce County, 23 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 694 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 18 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 47.2173, -122.3337. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pierce County, WA 23 km (14 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
King County, WA 48 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near King County
Thurston County, WA 49 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Kitsap County, WA 53 km (33 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 65 km (40 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Lewis County, WA 71 km (44 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lewis County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.8 0 km ENE of Tracyton, Washington
  2. 1.6 1 km SW of Kapowsin, Washington
  3. 1.6 2 km NNW of Enetai, Washington
  4. 2.3 1 km NE of Lakeland North, Washington
  5. 3.4 6 km SSE of Lea Hill, Washington
  6. 1.9 3 km ESE of Fircrest, Washington
  7. 1.6 1 km NE of Enetai, Washington
  8. 1.8 1 km WSW of Kapowsin, Washington
  9. 2.0 17 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  10. 1.6 11 km W of Greenwater, Washington
  11. 1.6 8 km SSE of McKenna, Washington
  12. 1.7 3 km ENE of Buckley, Washington
  13. 1.7 2 km N of Enetai, Washington
  14. 1.7 2 km E of Tracyton, Washington
  15. 1.8 7 km SE of McKenna, 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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