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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8ml

4 km W of Wauna, Washington

· 26 km deep · released about 550 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 30 kmMason County 36 kmThurston County 50 kmPierce County 55 kmKing County 66 kmJefferson County 79 kmIsland County 87 kmGrays Harbor County 90 kmLewis County 92 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
63 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kitsap County, 30 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 54 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 63 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 550 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 28,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 19,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 550 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 47.3740, -122.6980. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 30 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Mason County, WA 36 km (22 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mason County
Thurston County, WA 50 km (31 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Pierce County, WA 55 km (34 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
King County, WA 66 km (41 mi) W of here earthquakes near King County
Jefferson County, WA 79 km (49 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Jefferson 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. 1.1 3 km NNW of Dash Point, Washington
  2. 0.4 11 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  3. 0.7 9 km SSE of Shelton, Washington
  4. 1.7 2 km NNW of Enetai, Washington
  5. 1.9 6 km SSE of Lea Hill, Washington
  6. 1.6 5 km SSE of Quilcene, Washington
  7. 1.5 5 km WSW of Mercer Island, Washington
  8. 2.2 2 km WSW of Wauna, Washington
  9. 1.5 5 km ENE of Belfair, Washington
  10. 2.3 5 km SE of Kingston, Washington
  11. 1.7 10 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  12. 1.9 10 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  13. 1.5 9 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  14. 1.5 9 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington
  15. 1.9 5 km WNW of White Center, 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 75 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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