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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8ml

8 km ENE of Fall City, Washington

· 17 km deep · released about 450 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 12 kmSnohomish County 51 kmKitsap County 64 kmPierce County 67 kmIsland County 90 kmChelan County 93 kmKittitas County 99 kmSkagit County 99 kmMason County 107 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
71 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
King County, 12 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 547 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 71 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 450 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 34,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 24,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 450 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 47.5993, -121.7933. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 12 km (8 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near King County
Snohomish County, WA 51 km (32 mi) S of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 64 km (40 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Pierce County, WA 67 km (41 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Island County, WA 90 km (56 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Island County
Chelan County, WA 93 km (57 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Chelan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 4 km SW of Skykomish, Washington
  2. 1.5 1 km NE of Esperance, Washington
  3. 1.6 4 km WSW of Skykomish, Washington
  4. 1.5 1 km NE of Wilburton, Washington
  5. 1.7 0 km W of Beaux Arts Village, Washington
  6. 1.6 10 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  7. 1.7 4 km S of Monroe, Washington
  8. 1.6 9 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  9. 2.2 4 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
  10. 2.1 10 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  11. 1.9 1 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington
  12. 1.6 5 km SE of Enumclaw, Washington
  13. 2.8 3 km NE of Fall City, Washington
  14. 1.6 3 km WSW of Sammamish, Washington
  15. 1.9 1 km SSE of Echo 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 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — it released about 500 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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