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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

1 km NNW of Mirrormont, Washington

· 23 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 13 kmPierce County 48 kmKitsap County 52 kmSnohomish County 67 kmThurston County 86 kmMason County 89 kmIsland County 91 kmLewis County 103 kmKittitas County 107 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
King County, 13 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 292 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 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 620,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 39× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 47.4715, -122.0010. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 13 km (8 mi) W of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 48 km (30 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Kitsap County, WA 52 km (32 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Snohomish County, WA 67 km (42 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Thurston County, WA 86 km (54 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Mason County, WA 89 km (55 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mason County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.8 4 km E of Carnation, Washington
  2. 2.0 3 km ESE of East Renton Highlands, Washington
  3. 0.5 2 km S of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington
  4. 2.1 4 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  5. 1.7 10 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington
  6. 2.1 4 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  7. 1.6 1 km NNE of Maple Valley, Washington
  8. 1.5 5 km SSW of Monroe, Washington
  9. 1.5 2 km WNW of Ames Lake, Washington
  10. 1.9 6 km SSE of Lea Hill, Washington
  11. 1.7 9 km SE of Enumclaw, Washington
  12. 1.5 5 km WSW of Mercer Island, Washington
  13. 1.6 3 km ESE of Buckley, Washington
  14. 1.6 15 km ENE of Tanner, Washington
  15. 1.6 2 km SSW of Lake Forest 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — it released about 9,100 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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