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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Yacolt, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Yacolt in the 24 hours to 12:14 pm PST (20:14 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 7 km (5 mi) SW, at 4:25 pm PDT on 19 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Yacolt

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) east-southeast of Yacolt, WA, at 6:14 pm PDT on 30 October 2019 (01:14 UTC), 11 km deep.

USGS: 14 km ESE of Yacolt, Washington

45 km (28 mi) NE of Portland, OR · 35 km (22 mi) NE of Vancouver, WA

6:14 pm PDT, Oct 30, 2019 · · 11 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clark County 20 kmSkamania County 32 kmMultnomah County 33 kmCowlitz County 55 kmHood River County 56 kmColumbia County 67 kmClackamas County 73 kmWashington County 73 kmLewis County 86 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
6:14 pm PDT on 30 October 2019 ()
Where
15 km (9 mi) east-southeast of Yacolt, WA · earthquakes near Yacolt
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clark County, 20 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 611 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Yacolt, 15 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Venersborg, Amboy, Hockinson, Lewisville, Battle Ground, Fern Prairie.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.7 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 43 km N of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 5 km E of Bridgeton, Oregon · 37 km SW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 43 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 28 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 24 km NNE of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 Washington · 46 km N of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 45.8170, -122.2313. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Clark County, WA 20 km (13 mi) WSW earthquakes near Clark County
Skamania County, WA 32 km (20 mi) NE earthquakes near Skamania County
Multnomah County, OR 33 km (21 mi) SSW earthquakes near Multnomah County
Cowlitz County, WA 55 km (34 mi) NW earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Hood River County, OR 56 km (35 mi) SE earthquakes near Hood River County
Columbia County, OR 67 km (42 mi) WNW earthquakes near Columbia County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 4 km NNW of Lewisville, Washington
  2. 2.6 3 km SE of Mill Plain, Washington
  3. 1.6 2 km NW of Carson, Washington
  4. 1.6 2 km ESE of Lewisville, Washington
  5. 2.0 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  6. 1.6 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  7. 1.5 28 km N of Amboy, Washington
  8. 1.5 4 km NNW of North Bonneville, Washington
  9. 1.7 16 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  10. 1.5 2 km SSE of Lewisville, Washington
  11. 1.7 26 km N of Amboy, Washington
  12. 2.0 1 km NNW of Salmon Creek, Washington
  13. 1.6 Washington-Oregon border region
  14. 1.7 3 km SSW of Yacolt, Washington
  15. 1.8 4 km SW of North Portland, Oregon

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.

On USGS

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