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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

5 km WNW of Bainbridge Island, Washington

· 26 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 5 kmMason County 54 kmIsland County 58 kmKing County 59 kmJefferson County 73 kmPierce County 73 kmSnohomish County 77 kmThurston County 80 kmSan Juan County 104 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kitsap County, 5 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 413 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 840,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 75× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 47.6403, -122.5893. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 5 km (3 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 54 km (34 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Island County, WA 58 km (36 mi) S of here earthquakes near Island County
King County, WA 59 km (37 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near King County
Jefferson County, WA 73 km (45 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Pierce County, WA 73 km (46 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pierce County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 6 km NNW of Lofall, Washington
  2. 1.8 1 km S of Shoreline, Washington
  3. 2.4 3 km ENE of Belfair, Washington
  4. 1.9 1 km WSW of Manchester, Washington
  5. 2.0 6 km SW of Clinton, Washington
  6. 2.9 2 km W of Home, Washington
  7. 1.5 4 km NW of Tulalip Bay, Washington
  8. 2.0 8 km W of Gorst, Washington
  9. 1.6 2 km SSW of Clinton, Washington
  10. 3.0 4 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington
  11. 1.9 0 km SE of Enetai, Washington
  12. 1.7 3 km SSW of Clinton, Washington
  13. 2.0 3 km SSW of Clinton, Washington
  14. 1.6 1 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington
  15. 1.6 3 km W of Quilcene, 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 6,900 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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