Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
20 km N of Queets, Washington
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 28 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Clallam County, 57 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 194 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 7.6 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 47.7183, -124.3805. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clallam County, WA | 57 km (35 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Clallam County |
| Jefferson County, WA | 65 km (40 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Grays Harbor County, WA | 79 km (49 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Grays Harbor County |
| Mason County, WA | 99 km (62 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Mason County |
| San Juan County, WA | 129 km (80 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near San Juan County |
| Thurston County, WA | 146 km (91 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Thurston 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.
- 1.6 16 km NNW of Queets, Washington
- 1.5 19 km NNW of Forks, Washington
- 2.1 26 km W of Forks, Washington
- 1.7 12 km S of Forks, Washington
- 1.5 6 km E of Queets, Washington
- 1.6 11 km E of Forks, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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