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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

11 km N of Hoodsport, Washington

· 15 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mason County 17 kmKitsap County 40 kmJefferson County 44 kmGrays Harbor County 67 kmThurston County 68 kmIsland County 81 kmClallam County 87 kmPierce County 90 kmKing County 99 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mason County, 17 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 174 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 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 47.5068, -123.1465. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mason County, WA 17 km (11 mi) N of here earthquakes near Mason County
Kitsap County, WA 40 km (25 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Jefferson County, WA 44 km (27 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Grays Harbor County, WA 67 km (42 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Grays Harbor County
Thurston County, WA 68 km (42 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Island County, WA 81 km (50 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Island County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.4 11 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  2. 0.7 9 km SSE of Shelton, Washington
  3. 1.8 34 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
  4. 1.7 35 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
  5. 1.7 2 km NNW of Enetai, Washington
  6. 1.6 5 km SSE of Quilcene, Washington
  7. 2.2 2 km WSW of Wauna, Washington
  8. 1.5 5 km ENE of Belfair, Washington
  9. 1.7 10 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  10. 1.9 10 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  11. 1.5 9 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  12. 1.5 9 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  13. 1.8 21 km S of Port Angeles East, Washington
  14. 1.6 3 km S of Grapeview, Washington
  15. 2.8 4 km W of Wauna, 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 7,200 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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