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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2ml

12 km ENE of Humptulips, Washington

· 12 km deep · released about 56 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grays Harbor County 20 kmMason County 49 kmJefferson County 61 kmPacific County 82 kmThurston County 85 kmClallam County 91 kmKitsap County 96 kmWahkiakum County 115 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 2.2 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Grays Harbor County, 20 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 258 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 56 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 270,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 190,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 17× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 56 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 47.2953, -123.8208. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grays Harbor County, WA 20 km (13 mi) N of here earthquakes near Grays Harbor County
Mason County, WA 49 km (31 mi) W of here earthquakes near Mason County
Jefferson County, WA 61 km (38 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Pacific County, WA 82 km (51 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pacific County
Thurston County, WA 85 km (53 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Clallam County, WA 91 km (56 mi) S of here earthquakes near Clallam County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 2 km WSW of Ocean City, Washington
  2. 1.8 34 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
  3. 1.7 35 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
  4. 1.5 6 km E of Queets, Washington
  5. 2.0 35 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
  6. 1.7 12 km NNW of Humptulips, 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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