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M 3.4ml

25 km NW of Bickleton, Washington

· 13 km deep · released about 2 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Klickitat County 37 kmYakima County 37 kmBenton County 79 kmSherman County 85 kmGilliam County 88 kmKittitas County 108 kmMorrow County 109 kmSkamania County 110 kmHood River County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.4 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Klickitat County, 37 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1565 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,700× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.4 about 2 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4.3× 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.

Where

Epicentre 46.1558, -120.5402. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Klickitat County, WA 37 km (23 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Klickitat County
Yakima County, WA 37 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Benton County, WA 79 km (49 mi) W of here earthquakes near Benton County
Sherman County, OR 85 km (53 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sherman County
Gilliam County, OR 88 km (55 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Gilliam County
Kittitas County, WA 108 km (67 mi) S of here earthquakes near Kittitas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 17 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  2. 1.5 13 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  3. 2.0 8 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  4. 1.5 7 km ESE of Tampico, Washington
  5. 1.8 19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
  6. 1.6 27 km WSW of White Swan, Washington
  7. 2.0 3 km ESE of Goldendale, Washington
  8. 1.9 11 km S of Bickleton, Washington
  9. 1.9 13 km E of Goldendale, Washington
  10. 2.1 12 km SSW of Bickleton, Washington
  11. 2.8 17 km SSE of White Swan, Washington
  12. 1.6 16 km SSW of Harrah, Washington
  13. 1.8 1 km S of Goldendale, Washington
  14. 1.5 13 km WNW of Roosevelt, Washington
  15. 3.0 21 km NW of Bickleton, 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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