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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near McCleary, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in McCleary in the 24 hours to 8:41 pm PST (04:41 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 6 km (4 mi) NE, at 12:53 pm PST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near McCleary

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) east-northeast of McCleary, WA, at 1:29 pm PDT on 10 April 2025 (20:29 UTC), 17 km deep.

USGS: 9 km ENE of McCleary, Washington

84 km (52 mi) SW of Seattle, WA · 20 km (12 mi) WNW of Olympia, WA

1:29 pm PDT, Apr 10, 2025 · · 17 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Thurston County 29 kmMason County 29 kmGrays Harbor County 52 kmKitsap County 72 kmPierce County 75 kmPacific County 76 kmLewis County 81 kmJefferson County 85 kmWahkiakum County 91 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
1:29 pm PDT on 10 April 2025 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) east-northeast of McCleary, WA · earthquakes near McCleary
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Thurston County, 29 km SE
Nearest mapped fault
Olympia structure, 10 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 581 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In McCleary, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Shelton, Olympia, Tumwater, Elma, Lacey, Tanglewilde.

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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — about 3,600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.8 The 2001 Nisqually, Washington Earthquake · 32 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.7 4 km WNW of Roy, Washington · 42 km E of this epicentre
  3. 6.1 Puget Sound region, Washington · 46 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 5.8 Puget Sound area, Washington · 28 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 8 km N of Satsop, Washington · 24 km W of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 47.0877, -123.1452. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Thurston County, WA 29 km (18 mi) SE earthquakes near Thurston County
Mason County, WA 29 km (18 mi) N earthquakes near Mason County
Grays Harbor County, WA 52 km (32 mi) W earthquakes near Grays Harbor County
Kitsap County, WA 72 km (45 mi) NNE earthquakes near Kitsap County
Pierce County, WA 75 km (47 mi) E earthquakes near Pierce County
Pacific County, WA 76 km (47 mi) SW earthquakes near Pacific 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. 1.9 1 km SE of Belfair, Washington
  2. 0.9 5 km W of Fox Island, Washington
  3. 1.5 3 km WSW of Hoodsport, Washington
  4. 1.3 4 km WNW of Wauna, Washington
  5. 1.1 11 km S of Shelton, Washington
  6. 1.6 5 km W of Burley, Washington
  7. 1.9 6 km WNW of Wauna, Washington
  8. 1.3 4 km WNW of Wauna, Washington
  9. 4.2 6 km WNW of Wauna, Washington
  10. 1.0 6 km SE of McCleary, Washington
  11. 0.4 11 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  12. 0.7 9 km SSE of Shelton, Washington
  13. 1.6 6 km NE of Rochester, Washington
  14. 2.2 2 km WSW of Wauna, Washington
  15. 1.7 1 km E of Oakville, 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.

On USGS

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