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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Port Angeles, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Port Angeles in the 24 hours to 2:32 pm PST (22:32 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 96 km (60 mi) SE, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Port Angeles

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) south of Port Angeles, WA, at 7:20 pm PDT on 16 May 2026 (02:20 UTC), 37 km deep.

USGS: 40 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington

88 km (55 mi) W of Seattle, WA

7:20 pm PDT, May 16, 2026 · · 37 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Jefferson County 10 kmMason County 48 kmClallam County 52 kmKitsap County 66 kmGrays Harbor County 71 kmIsland County 80 kmSan Juan County 93 kmThurston County 101 km
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When
7:20 pm PDT on 16 May 2026 ()
Where
45 km (28 mi) south of Port Angeles, WA · earthquakes near Port Angeles
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
37 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Jefferson County, 10 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 179 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Port Angeles, 45 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 110 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 95,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — about 370 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.3 Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Washington · 40 km ENE of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 47.7183, -123.5173. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Jefferson County, WA 10 km (6 mi) N earthquakes near Jefferson County
Mason County, WA 48 km (30 mi) SSE earthquakes near Mason County
Clallam County, WA 52 km (32 mi) NNW earthquakes near Clallam County
Kitsap County, WA 66 km (41 mi) E earthquakes near Kitsap County
Grays Harbor County, WA 71 km (44 mi) SSW earthquakes near Grays Harbor County
Island County, WA 80 km (50 mi) NE earthquakes near Island County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 3 km NW of Skokomish, Washington
  2. 0.9 23 km WNW of Skokomish, Washington
  3. 1.4 8 km SW of Port Angeles, Washington
  4. 0.4 9 km ENE of Hoodsport, Washington
  5. 1.5 23 km W of Quilcene, Washington
  6. 0.9 25 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
  7. 0.6 10 km SSW of Brinnon, Washington
  8. 1.5 3 km WSW of Hoodsport, Washington
  9. 1.0 34 km SSW of Port Angeles, Washington
  10. 0.4 11 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  11. 1.8 34 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
  12. 1.7 35 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington
  13. 2.5 11 km SSW of River Road, Washington
  14. 1.7 10 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  15. 1.9 10 km NE of Hoodsport, 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

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