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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

3 km ENE of East Cathlamet, Washington

· -0.3 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wahkiakum County 12 kmColumbia County 36 kmClatsop County 36 kmCowlitz County 50 kmPacific County 52 kmWashington County 75 kmClark County 81 kmLewis County 84 kmThurston County 89 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
-0.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Wahkiakum County, 12 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2202 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 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 46.2130, -123.3275. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wahkiakum County, WA 12 km (7 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Wahkiakum County
Columbia County, OR 36 km (22 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Clatsop County, OR 36 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clatsop County
Cowlitz County, WA 50 km (31 mi) W of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Pacific County, WA 52 km (32 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Pacific County
Washington County, OR 75 km (47 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 3 km E of Prescott, Oregon
  2. 1.5 9 km SSE of Toledo, Washington
  3. 1.8 9 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  4. 1.9 19 km WSW of Vernonia, Oregon
  5. 1.8 11 km SSE of Toledo, Washington
  6. 1.5 6 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
  7. 1.7 7 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
  8. 1.5 8 km WSW of Napavine, Washington
  9. 1.8 5 km NNW of Winlock, Washington
  10. 1.7 10 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  11. 1.6 1 km W of Winlock, Washington
  12. 1.8 6 km NW of Winlock, Washington
  13. 1.8 10 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  14. 1.6 9 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  15. 2.1 1 km WNW 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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