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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

6 km SSE of Lea Hill, Washington

· 4.0 km deep · released about 20 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Pierce County 24 kmKing County 35 kmKitsap County 56 kmThurston County 63 kmMason County 77 kmLewis County 78 kmSnohomish County 92 kmIsland County 106 kmKittitas County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
4.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Pierce County, 24 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 51 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 20 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 770,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 550,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 49× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 20 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 47.2668, -122.1575. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Pierce County, WA 24 km (15 mi) N of here earthquakes near Pierce County
King County, WA 35 km (22 mi) SW of here earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 56 km (35 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Kitsap County
Thurston County, WA 63 km (39 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Mason County, WA 77 km (48 mi) E of here earthquakes near Mason County
Lewis County, WA 78 km (49 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lewis County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.1 3 km NNW of Dash Point, Washington
  2. 0.3 11 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington
  3. 0.3 18 km SSE of Carbonado, 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. 2.1 10 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
  8. 1.0 5 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  9. 2.4 5 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
  10. 1.3 14 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  11. 0.8 4 km E of Carnation, Washington
  12. -0.1 16 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  13. 2.0 3 km ESE of East Renton Highlands, Washington
  14. 0.5 2 km S of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington
  15. 2.1 4 km SW of Wilderness Rim, 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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