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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

4 km SW of Port Ludlow, Washington

· -0.0 km deep · released about 8.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 29 kmIsland County 30 kmJefferson County 61 kmMason County 69 kmSnohomish County 74 kmSan Juan County 74 kmKing County 80 kmClallam County 90 kmSkagit County 95 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 29 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 725 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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 47.8913, -122.7222. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 29 km (18 mi) N of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 30 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near Island County
Jefferson County, WA 61 km (38 mi) E of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Mason County, WA 69 km (43 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Snohomish County, WA 74 km (46 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
San Juan County, WA 74 km (46 mi) SSE 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

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

  1. 1.9 3 km SE of Gorst, Washington
  2. 1.8 9 km SSW of Seabeck, Washington
  3. 2.1 0 km NNW of Esperance, Washington
  4. 1.7 2 km NNE of Enetai, Washington
  5. 1.5 2 km SSE of Gorst, Washington
  6. 2.1 4 km WSW of Ault Field, Washington
  7. 2.1 7 km NW of Jamestown, Washington
  8. 2.1 2 km S of River Road, Washington
  9. 1.5 5 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington
  10. 2.1 4 km WSW of Clinton, Washington
  11. 1.5 4 km ESE of Indianola, Washington
  12. 2.0 2 km E of Tracyton, Washington
  13. 1.6 7 km NE of Quilcene, Washington
  14. 1.6 6 km S of Gorst, Washington
  15. 1.9 4 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, 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 4.3 on 2023-10-09 — it released about 10,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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