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M 1.6ml

5 km SW of Deer Island, Oregon

· 27 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Columbia County 15 kmClark County 34 kmCowlitz County 38 kmWashington County 41 kmMultnomah County 53 kmWahkiakum County 61 kmClatsop County 64 kmSkamania County 74 kmYamhill County 79 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
27 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Columbia County, 15 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 568 days ago

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

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 45.8915, -122.8955. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Columbia County, OR 15 km (10 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Clark County, WA 34 km (21 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Cowlitz County, WA 38 km (24 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Washington County, OR 41 km (25 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Multnomah County, OR 53 km (33 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Wahkiakum County, WA 61 km (38 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Wahkiakum County

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

Aftershocks so far

57 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 15 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  4. 1.6 9 km NE of Vernonia, Oregon
  5. 1.7 1 km WSW of Kalama, Washington
  6. 2.0 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  7. 1.6 2 km ESE of Lewisville, Washington
  8. 2.8 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  9. 1.5 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  10. 2.5 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  11. 1.5 28 km N of Amboy, Washington
  12. 1.7 2 km WSW of Columbia City, Oregon
  13. 1.7 16 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  14. 1.5 2 km SSE of Lewisville, Washington
  15. 1.7 26 km N of Amboy, 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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