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M 2.3ml

15 km S of Packwood, Washington

· 5.6 km deep · released about 74 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skamania County 54 kmLewis County 56 kmYakima County 71 kmPierce County 75 kmCowlitz County 83 kmKlickitat County 95 kmClark County 100 kmThurston County 103 kmKittitas County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Skamania County, 54 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2741 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 74 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 74 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 46.4697, -121.6672. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Skamania County, WA 54 km (34 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Skamania County
Lewis County, WA 56 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Yakima County, WA 71 km (44 mi) W of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Pierce County, WA 75 km (46 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Cowlitz County, WA 83 km (52 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Klickitat County, WA 95 km (59 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Klickitat County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  2. 1.6 11 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  3. 2.0 6 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  4. 1.9 6 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  5. 2.3 6 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  6. 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  7. 1.7 17 km NNE of Packwood, Washington
  8. 1.6 31 km S of Morton, Washington
  9. 2.0 5 km WNW of Packwood, Washington
  10. 1.7 7 km ESE of Ashford, Washington
  11. 1.6 7 km ESE of Ashford, Washington
  12. 2.9 4 km W of Ashford, Washington
  13. 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  14. 1.5 18 km E of Packwood, Washington
  15. 1.5 14 km NNE of Ashford, 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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