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M 2.9ml

14 km NW of Bickleton, Washington

· 18 km deep · released about 650 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Klickitat County 38 kmYakima County 46 kmBenton County 71 kmSherman County 81 kmGilliam County 81 kmMorrow County 99 kmKittitas County 115 kmHood River County 116 kmSkamania County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Klickitat County, 38 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2837 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 650 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 23,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.5× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 650 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 46.1032, -120.4207. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Klickitat County, WA 38 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Klickitat County
Yakima County, WA 46 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Benton County, WA 71 km (44 mi) W of here earthquakes near Benton County
Sherman County, OR 81 km (50 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sherman County
Gilliam County, OR 81 km (50 mi) N of here earthquakes near Gilliam County
Morrow County, OR 99 km (61 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Morrow County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 12 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  2. 1.5 17 km SSE of White Swan, Washington
  3. 3.1 5 km WSW of Harrah, Washington
  4. 1.5 4 km SSW of Arlington, Oregon
  5. 1.7 20 km S of White Swan, Washington
  6. 1.7 1 km SSE of Goldendale, Washington
  7. 1.7 8 km N of Roosevelt, Washington
  8. 1.5 17 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  9. 1.5 13 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  10. 1.9 16 km ENE of Arlington, Oregon
  11. 2.0 8 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  12. 2.0 2 km SSE of Arlington, Oregon
  13. 1.8 19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
  14. 2.0 3 km ESE of Goldendale, Washington
  15. 1.8 17 km ENE of Roosevelt, 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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