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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

2 km SSW of Lake Forest Park, Washington

· 26 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 28 kmKing County 44 kmSnohomish County 53 kmIsland County 54 kmPierce County 77 kmMason County 78 kmSkagit County 91 kmJefferson County 92 kmThurston County 98 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
26 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 28 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 85 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 7.8 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 47.7380, -122.2988. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kitsap County, WA 28 km (18 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
King County, WA 44 km (28 mi) NW of here earthquakes near King County
Snohomish County, WA 53 km (33 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Snohomish County
Island County, WA 54 km (34 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Island County
Pierce County, WA 77 km (48 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Mason County, WA 78 km (49 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Mason County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 2 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  2. 1.1 3 km NNW of Dash Point, Washington
  3. 1.2 1 km NW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
  4. 1.7 0 km W of Lake Stickney, Washington
  5. 2.1 10 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  6. 1.0 5 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  7. 1.1 2 km NW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
  8. 0.8 4 km E of Carnation, Washington
  9. 2.0 3 km ESE of East Renton Highlands, Washington
  10. 0.5 2 km S of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington
  11. 2.1 4 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
  12. 1.6 1 km NNE of Maple Valley, Washington
  13. 1.5 5 km SSW of Monroe, Washington
  14. 1.5 2 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  15. 1.6 8 km S of Port Hadlock-Irondale, 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 29,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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