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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Port Ludlow, WA
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Port Ludlow in the last 24 hours. M 1.8, 5 km (3 mi) SSW of Port Ludlow, at 12:24 pm PST on 12 November 2026 (20:24 UTC); the estimated shaking in Port Ludlow was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Port Ludlow
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) south of Port Ludlow, WA, at 11:48 am PDT on 6 May 2025 (18:48 UTC), 8.3 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 5 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington
38 km (24 mi) NW of Seattle, WA · 29 km (18 mi) WNW of Shoreline, WA
- When
- 11:48 am PDT on 6 May 2025 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) south of Port Ludlow, WA · earthquakes near Port Ludlow
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Kitsap County, 27 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Southern Whidbey Island fault, 16 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 489 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Port Ludlow, 5 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: Lofall, Hansville, Poulsbo, Kingston, Bangor Trident Base, Port Hadlock-Irondale.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 4.3 on 2023-10-09 — about 15,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Washington · 24 km WSW 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 47.8770, -122.6935. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsap County, WA | 27 km (17 mi) | S | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Island County, WA | 31 km (19 mi) | N | earthquakes near Island County |
| Jefferson County, WA | 63 km (39 mi) | W | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Mason County, WA | 69 km (43 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Mason County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 72 km (45 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| San Juan County, WA | 76 km (47 mi) | NNW | 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.
- 1.8 5 km WSW of Bethel, Washington
- 1.7 8 km NNW of Freeland, Washington
- 1.7 2 km E of Yarrow Point, Washington
- 1.9 14 km WNW of Belfair, Washington
- 1.9 6 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington
- 1.5 6 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington
- 1.6 5 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington
- 1.5 3 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington
- 2.8 5 km W of Gorst, Washington
- 1.8 4 km WNW of Gorst, Washington
- 1.8 2 km W of Bainbridge Island, Washington
- 1.7 1 km SE of Shoreline, Washington
- 1.8 3 km SE of Quilcene, Washington
- 1.7 3 km NNW of Warm Beach, Washington
- 1.9 4 km SSW of Port Ludlow, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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