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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

3 km NW of West Longview, Washington

· -0.4 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cowlitz County 27 kmColumbia County 28 kmWahkiakum County 32 kmClatsop County 55 kmClark County 63 kmLewis County 66 kmPacific County 70 kmWashington County 71 kmThurston County 84 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
-0.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cowlitz County, 27 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2309 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 46.1918, -123.0340. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cowlitz County, WA 27 km (17 mi) W of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Columbia County, OR 28 km (17 mi) N of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Wahkiakum County, WA 32 km (20 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Wahkiakum County
Clatsop County, OR 55 km (34 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Clatsop County
Clark County, WA 63 km (39 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Lewis County, WA 66 km (41 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lewis 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. 1.6 9 km NE of Vernonia, Oregon
  2. 1.7 1 km WSW of Kalama, Washington
  3. 2.0 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  4. 1.7 3 km W of Winlock, Washington
  5. 2.8 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  6. 1.5 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  7. 2.5 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  8. 1.6 6 km WSW of Napavine, Washington
  9. 1.7 2 km WSW of Columbia City, Oregon
  10. 1.6 4 km NW of Winlock, Washington
  11. 1.8 2 km N of West Longview, Washington
  12. 1.7 12 km NE of Vernonia, Oregon
  13. 1.5 13 km ENE of Vernonia, Oregon
  14. 1.9 3 km NNW of West Longview, Washington
  15. 1.7 3 km NNE of Deer Island, 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.

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