explosion · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Venersborg, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Venersborg in the 24 hours to 1:22 am PST (09:22 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 5 km (3 mi) NW, at 4:25 pm PDT on 19 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Venersborg
No: USGS classifies this as a explosion, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.5 explosion was recorded 3 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Venersborg, WA, at 4:41 pm PST on 11 November 2019 (00:41 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 2 km NNW of Venersborg, Washington
33 km (21 mi) NNE of Portland, OR · 21 km (13 mi) NE of Vancouver, WA
- When
- 4:41 pm PST on 11 November 2019 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) north-northwest of Venersborg, WA · earthquakes near Venersborg
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- -1.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Clark County, 5 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2558 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Venersborg, 3 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: Lewisville, Hockinson, Battle Ground, Yacolt, Meadow Glade, Brush Prairie.
USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.7 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.7 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 50 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.2 5 km E of Bridgeton, Oregon · 25 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.2 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 49 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.1 28 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 35 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.1 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 50 km NNE 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 45.7963, -122.4395. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County, WA | 5 km (3 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Multnomah County, OR | 28 km (17 mi) | S | earthquakes near Multnomah County |
| Skamania County, WA | 45 km (28 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Skamania County |
| Cowlitz County, WA | 48 km (30 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Cowlitz County |
| Columbia County, OR | 52 km (32 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Columbia County |
| Washington County, OR | 58 km (36 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Washington County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 1 km NNW of Salmon Creek, Washington
- 1.6 Washington-Oregon border region
- 1.7 3 km SSW of Yacolt, Washington
- 1.7 3 km NNE of Deer Island, Oregon
- 1.8 1 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
- 1.8 4 km SW of North Portland, Oregon
- 1.5 0 km W of Garden Home-Whitford, Oregon
- 1.5 5 km ENE of Lewisville, Washington
- 2.1 29 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
- 1.5 0 km N of Tigard, Oregon
- 1.8 2 km S of Saint Helens, Oregon
- 1.6 5 km E of Lewisville, Washington
- 1.7 1 km SSE of Prescott, Oregon
- 1.6 7 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
- 2.3 14 km ENE of Yacolt, 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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