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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

4 km E of West Side Highway, Washington

· 18 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cowlitz County 14 kmColumbia County 31 kmWahkiakum County 46 kmClark County 53 kmLewis County 58 kmClatsop County 68 kmSkamania County 72 kmWashington County 72 kmMultnomah County 78 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cowlitz County, 14 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2726 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 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 46.1773, -122.8547. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cowlitz County, WA 14 km (9 mi) W of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Columbia County, OR 31 km (20 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Wahkiakum County, WA 46 km (28 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Wahkiakum County
Clark County, WA 53 km (33 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Lewis County, WA 58 km (36 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Clatsop County, OR 68 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Clatsop 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. 1.6 14 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington
  2. 1.7 20 km N of Amboy, Washington
  3. 1.5 28 km NNW of Amboy, Washington
  4. 1.8 9 km NW of West Longview, Washington
  5. 1.8 4 km NW of West Longview, Washington
  6. 2.9 1 km WSW of Onalaska, Washington
  7. 1.7 4 km SE of Kalama, Washington
  8. 1.6 2 km WNW of Kalama, Washington
  9. 1.6 4 km NE of Amboy, Washington
  10. 1.6 11 km NE of Vernonia, Oregon
  11. 1.5 2 km W of Yacolt, Washington
  12. 2.5 16 km NE of Kalama, Washington
  13. 1.7 1 km NE of Lewisville, Washington
  14. 1.8 2 km NE of Deer Island, Oregon
  15. 1.5 3 km ENE of East Cathlamet, 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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