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M 3.1ml
Earthquake near Tieton, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Tieton in the 24 hours to 3:28 pm PST (23:28 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 36 km (23 mi) SSE, at 9:23 am PDT on 11 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 57 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Tieton
This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 49 km (31 mi) west-southwest of Tieton, WA, at 8:50 pm PST on 1 January 2016 (04:50 UTC), 8.7 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 26 km ESE of Packwood, Washington
- When
- 8:50 pm PST on 1 January 2016 ()
- Where
- 49 km (31 mi) west-southwest of Tieton, WA · earthquakes near Tieton
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Measured shaking
- intensity II (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Yakima County, 47 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1612 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 39 km (24 mi) from the epicentre. In Tieton, 49 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,200 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 290,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 13,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 9,100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,200 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.2× more
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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 23 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 4 km W of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 46.5302, -121.3475. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakima County, WA | 47 km (29 mi) | E | earthquakes near Yakima County |
| Skamania County, WA | 73 km (45 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Skamania County |
| Lewis County, WA | 79 km (49 mi) | W | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Kittitas County, WA | 83 km (52 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Kittitas County |
| Pierce County, WA | 84 km (52 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| Klickitat County, WA | 85 km (53 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Klickitat County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
- 1.7 30 km SSW of Packwood, Washington
- 1.6 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
- 1.8 11 km N of Packwood, Washington
- 1.8 20 km ESE of Packwood, Washington
- 1.9 20 km ESE of Packwood, Washington
- 1.6 20 km ESE of Packwood, Washington
- 1.8 20 km ESE of Packwood, Washington
- 1.6 20 km ESE of Packwood, Washington
- 2.5 20 km ESE of Packwood, Washington
- 2.3 15 km SW of Nile, Washington
- 1.8 16 km SW of Nile, Washington
- 1.8 13 km W of Cliffdell, Washington
- 2.7 6 km WSW of Packwood, Washington
- 1.7 17 km N of Packwood, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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