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M 1.6ml

14 km SSW of Morton, Washington

· 14 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lewis County 16 kmCowlitz County 37 kmSkamania County 54 kmThurston County 67 kmPierce County 70 kmClark County 75 kmColumbia County 79 kmWahkiakum County 85 kmMultnomah County 99 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lewis County, 16 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2210 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 6.6 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 2,300,000× 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 6.6 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 46.4352, -122.3383. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lewis County, WA 16 km (10 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Cowlitz County, WA 37 km (23 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Skamania County, WA 54 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Skamania County
Thurston County, WA 67 km (42 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Pierce County, WA 70 km (43 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Clark County, WA 75 km (46 mi) N of here earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 11 km SSW of Morton, Washington
  2. 2.1 11 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
  3. 2.0 Washington
  4. 1.6 15 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  5. 2.0 6 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  6. 1.9 6 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  7. 2.3 6 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  8. 1.9 14 km WSW of Alder, Washington
  9. 2.1 8 km SSW of Morton, Washington
  10. 2.0 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  11. 1.6 31 km S of Morton, Washington
  12. 2.0 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  13. 2.8 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  14. 1.5 21 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  15. 1.6 6 km WSW of La Grande, 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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