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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

2 km WSW of Forks, Washington

· 37 km deep · released about 8.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clallam County 44 kmJefferson County 68 kmGrays Harbor County 102 kmMason County 114 kmSan Juan County 116 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
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
37 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clallam County, 44 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 487 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 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 47.9403, -124.4188. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clallam County, WA 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Clallam County
Jefferson County, WA 68 km (42 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Grays Harbor County, WA 102 km (63 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Grays Harbor County
Mason County, WA 114 km (71 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Mason County
San Juan County, WA 116 km (72 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near San Juan County
Thurston County, WA 164 km (102 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Thurston County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.6 12 km SSE of Neah Bay, Washington
  2. 0.7 12 km SSE of Neah Bay, Washington
  3. 1.6 16 km NNW of Queets, Washington
  4. 1.5 19 km NNW of Forks, Washington
  5. 2.1 26 km W of Forks, Washington
  6. 1.7 12 km S of Forks, Washington
  7. 1.5 6 km E of Queets, Washington
  8. 1.6 11 km E of Forks, Washington
  9. 1.6 12 km SW of Neah Bay, Washington
  10. 1.6 20 km N of Queets, Washington
  11. 1.6 4 km WSW of Forks, Washington
  12. 1.9 21 km NNW of Forks, Washington
  13. 1.8 21 km NNW of Forks, Washington
  14. 1.6 4 km WSW of Forks, Washington
  15. 1.6 31 km NNW of Amanda Park, 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.

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