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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Graham, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Graham in the 24 hours to 7:13 am PST (15:13 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 5 km (3 mi) SE, at 11:47 am PST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Graham
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) southeast of Graham, WA, at 6:46 am PDT on 12 April 2020 (13:46 UTC), 3.2 km deep. 25 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8 km E of Ashford, Washington
- When
- 6:46 am PDT on 12 April 2020 ()
- Where
- 43 km (27 mi) southeast of Graham, WA · earthquakes near Graham
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 25 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity II (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Pierce County, 37 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2042 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 24 km (15 mi) from the epicentre. In Graham, 43 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: Eatonville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 270 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 57,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 40,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 270 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 23 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 48 km ESE 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 46.7610, -121.9153. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County, WA | 37 km (23 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| Lewis County, WA | 41 km (25 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Thurston County, WA | 72 km (45 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Thurston County |
| King County, WA | 81 km (51 mi) | N | earthquakes near King County |
| Skamania County, WA | 82 km (51 mi) | S | earthquakes near Skamania County |
| Cowlitz County, WA | 86 km (53 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Cowlitz County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 13 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
- 2.9 4 km W of Ashford, Washington
- 1.6 13 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
- 1.9 2 km SSE of Kapowsin, Washington
- 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
- 1.5 11 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
- 1.6 2 km SE of Kapowsin, Washington
- 1.6 5 km ESE of Mossyrock, Washington
- 1.8 12 km W of Greenwater, Washington
- 1.5 18 km E of Packwood, Washington
- 1.5 14 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
- 2.1 9 km NNE of Mossyrock, Washington
- 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
- 1.6 6 km NNW of Ashford, Washington
- 1.5 13 km W of Greenwater, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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