Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4ml
11 km S of Metchosin, Canada
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 38 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Clallam County, 32 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 87 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 130 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 48.2760, -123.5347. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clallam County, WA | 32 km (20 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Clallam County |
| San Juan County, WA | 41 km (25 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near San Juan County |
| Jefferson County, WA | 52 km (32 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Island County, WA | 65 km (41 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Island County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 97 km (60 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Mason County, WA | 106 km (66 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Mason 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.
- 2.1 6 km ENE of Bell Hill, Washington
- 1.7 14 km SW of Cowichan Bay, Canada
- 2.5 11 km SSW of River Road, Washington
- 1.9 14 km NNE of Port Angeles East, Washington
- 1.9 10 km S of Cowichan Bay, Canada
- 1.8 21 km S of Port Angeles East, 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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