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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

2 km W of Belfair, Washington

· 23 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 26 kmMason County 26 kmThurston County 57 kmJefferson County 64 kmPierce County 69 kmKing County 77 kmIsland County 80 kmGrays Harbor County 82 kmLewis County 103 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 26 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 384 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 7.3 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 47.4515, -122.8552. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 26 km (16 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 26 km (16 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mason County
Thurston County, WA 57 km (36 mi) N of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Jefferson County, WA 64 km (40 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Pierce County, WA 69 km (43 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
King County, WA 77 km (48 mi) W of here earthquakes near King 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. 1.5 5 km ENE of Belfair, Washington
  2. 2.3 5 km SE of Kingston, Washington
  3. 1.7 10 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  4. 1.9 10 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  5. 1.5 9 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  6. 1.5 9 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  7. 1.9 5 km WNW of White Center, Washington
  8. 1.6 5 km W of Tumwater, Washington
  9. 1.7 1 km ESE of Tacoma, Washington
  10. 1.6 3 km S of Grapeview, Washington
  11. 2.8 4 km W of Wauna, Washington
  12. 1.6 6 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
  13. 1.8 7 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
  14. 1.6 11 km S of Shelton, Washington
  15. 1.6 4 km SSW of Shelton, 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 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — it released about 5,600 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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