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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

7 km WSW of Quilcene, Washington

· 14 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 29 kmJefferson County 42 kmIsland County 46 kmMason County 52 kmClallam County 77 kmSan Juan County 80 kmKing County 92 kmSnohomish County 94 kmThurston County 96 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 29 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 663 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 47.7945, -122.9692. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 29 km (18 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Jefferson County, WA 42 km (26 mi) E of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Island County, WA 46 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Island County
Mason County, WA 52 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Clallam County, WA 77 km (48 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Clallam County
San Juan County, WA 80 km (50 mi) S 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

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

  1. 1.6 2 km NNE of Enetai, Washington
  2. 2.9 7 km ENE of Marrowstone, Washington
  3. 1.7 10 km NW of Belfair, Washington
  4. 1.6 2 km W of Belfair, Washington
  5. 1.9 1 km NNE of Suquamish, Washington
  6. 1.6 24 km SSW of River Road, Washington
  7. 1.7 6 km SE of Port Ludlow, Washington
  8. 2.2 25 km W of Brinnon, Washington
  9. 2.8 16 km SSW of River Road, Washington
  10. 1.8 5 km WNW of Bainbridge Island, Washington
  11. 2.9 0 km NW of Keyport, Washington
  12. 1.6 5 km SE of Port Ludlow, Washington
  13. 1.5 3 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington
  14. 2.1 8 km E of Port Townsend, Washington
  15. 1.7 7 km ENE of Manchester, 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 7,700 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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