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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

12 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington

· 15 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 17 kmSnohomish County 48 kmKitsap County 69 kmPierce County 71 kmChelan County 87 kmIsland County 92 kmSkagit County 97 kmKittitas County 97 kmMason County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
King County, 17 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 94 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 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 47.6248, -121.7317. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
King County, WA 17 km (10 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near King County
Snohomish County, WA 48 km (30 mi) S of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 69 km (43 mi) E of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Pierce County, WA 71 km (44 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Chelan County, WA 87 km (54 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Chelan County
Island County, WA 92 km (57 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Island County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.2 1 km NW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
  2. 1.7 0 km W of Lake Stickney, Washington
  3. 2.1 10 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  4. 1.0 5 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  5. 2.4 5 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  6. 1.1 2 km NW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
  7. 0.8 4 km E of Carnation, Washington
  8. 2.0 3 km ESE of East Renton Highlands, Washington
  9. 0.5 2 km S of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington
  10. 2.1 4 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  11. 1.7 10 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington
  12. 2.1 4 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  13. 1.6 1 km NNE of Maple Valley, Washington
  14. 1.7 2 km NNE of May Creek, Washington
  15. 1.5 5 km SSW of Monroe, 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 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — it released about 14,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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