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M 2.6ml

26 km NW of Bickleton, Washington

· 14 km deep · released about 270 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yakima County 36 kmKlickitat County 37 kmBenton County 80 kmSherman County 85 kmGilliam County 89 kmKittitas County 108 kmSkamania County 109 kmMorrow County 110 kmHood River County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Yakima County, 36 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1512 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 270 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 57,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 40,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 270 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 46.1598, -120.5500. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Yakima County, WA 36 km (22 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Klickitat County, WA 37 km (23 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Klickitat County
Benton County, WA 80 km (50 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 89 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

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

  1. 3.1 5 km WSW of Harrah, Washington
  2. 1.7 20 km S of White Swan, Washington
  3. 1.7 1 km SSE of Goldendale, Washington
  4. 1.7 8 km N of Roosevelt, Washington
  5. 1.5 17 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  6. 1.5 13 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  7. 2.0 8 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  8. 1.5 7 km ESE of Tampico, Washington
  9. 1.8 19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
  10. 1.6 27 km WSW of White Swan, Washington
  11. 2.0 3 km ESE of Goldendale, Washington
  12. 1.9 11 km S of Bickleton, Washington
  13. 1.9 13 km E of Goldendale, Washington
  14. 2.1 12 km SSW of Bickleton, Washington
  15. 2.8 17 km SSE of White Swan, 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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