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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

0 km NNW of Eatonville, Washington

· -0.4 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pierce County 22 kmLewis County 34 kmThurston County 43 kmKing County 76 kmCowlitz County 82 kmMason County 86 kmKitsap County 90 kmSkamania County 98 kmWahkiakum County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
-0.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Pierce County, 22 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 59 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 46.8745, -122.2722. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pierce County, WA 22 km (13 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Lewis County, WA 34 km (21 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Thurston County, WA 43 km (27 mi) E of here earthquakes near Thurston County
King County, WA 76 km (47 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near King County
Cowlitz County, WA 82 km (51 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Mason County, WA 86 km (54 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Mason County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.3 11 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington
  2. 0.3 18 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington
  3. 0.7 5 km SSW of Morton, Washington
  4. 0.1 20 km SE of Carbonado, Washington
  5. 0.3 12 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  6. 2.1 3 km NNW of Kapowsin, Washington
  7. 1.0 4 km WSW of Mineral, Washington
  8. 1.3 14 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  9. 1.2 12 km S of Rainier, Washington
  10. 1.1 5 km SW of Morton, Washington
  11. 1.5 5 km SSW of Morton, Washington
  12. -0.1 16 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  13. -0.5 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  14. -0.2 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  15. 1.5 11 km NE of Ashford, 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.

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