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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

16 km ENE of Kalama, Washington

· -0.8 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cowlitz County 18 kmClark County 32 kmColumbia County 36 kmSkamania County 52 kmMultnomah County 57 kmLewis County 63 kmWashington County 65 kmWahkiakum County 67 kmClatsop County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cowlitz County, 18 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2349 days ago

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

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 46.0383, -122.6302. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cowlitz County, WA 18 km (11 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Clark County, WA 32 km (20 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Columbia County, OR 36 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Skamania County, WA 52 km (32 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skamania County
Multnomah County, OR 57 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Lewis County, WA 63 km (39 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lewis County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 26 km N of Amboy, Washington
  2. 2.0 1 km NNW of Salmon Creek, Washington
  3. 1.6 Washington-Oregon border region
  4. 1.8 2 km N of West Longview, Washington
  5. 1.7 12 km NE of Vernonia, Oregon
  6. 1.5 13 km ENE of Vernonia, Oregon
  7. 1.6 18 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington
  8. 1.7 3 km SSW of Yacolt, Washington
  9. 1.9 3 km NNW of West Longview, Washington
  10. 1.7 3 km NNE of Deer Island, Oregon
  11. 1.6 4 km NW of West Longview, Washington
  12. 1.8 1 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
  13. 1.5 5 km ENE of Lewisville, Washington
  14. 1.7 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  15. 1.6 10 km SSE of Toledo, 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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