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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

9 km SW of Royal City, Washington

· 3.3 km deep · released about 36 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grant County 46 kmBenton County 70 kmFranklin County 71 kmKittitas County 79 kmYakima County 88 kmAdams County 94 kmDouglas County 100 kmWalla Walla County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
3.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Grant County, 46 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2572 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 36 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 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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 46.8407, -119.7257. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grant County, WA 46 km (28 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Grant County
Benton County, WA 70 km (43 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Benton County
Franklin County, WA 71 km (44 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Franklin County
Kittitas County, WA 79 km (49 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Yakima County, WA 88 km (55 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Adams County, WA 94 km (58 mi) W of here earthquakes near Adams County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 20 km SW of Desert Aire, Washington
  2. 1.7 24 km E of Desert Aire, Washington
  3. 1.6 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  4. 2.3 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  5. 1.9 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  6. 1.6 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  7. 1.6 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  8. 2.4 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  9. 1.9 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  10. 1.6 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  11. 1.8 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  12. 1.7 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  13. 1.9 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  14. 1.9 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  15. 1.7 12 km SE of Desert Aire, 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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