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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

12 km NNE of Cliffdell, Washington

· 3.8 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kittitas County 27 kmYakima County 69 kmKing County 79 kmPierce County 86 kmChelan County 95 kmLewis County 116 kmGrant County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
3.8 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kittitas County, 27 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2203 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 33 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 47.0508, -121.0128. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kittitas County, WA 27 km (17 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Yakima County, WA 69 km (43 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Yakima County
King County, WA 79 km (49 mi) SE of here earthquakes near King County
Pierce County, WA 86 km (54 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Chelan County, WA 95 km (59 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Chelan County
Lewis County, WA 116 km (72 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lewis County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 11 km E of Greenwater, Washington
  2. 3.7 12 km E of Greenwater, Washington
  3. 2.0 17 km SW of Nile, Washington
  4. 1.9 11 km E of Greenwater, Washington
  5. 1.9 9 km SSW of Ellensburg, Washington
  6. 1.7 12 km E of Greenwater, Washington
  7. 2.6 16 km WSW of Nile, Washington
  8. 3.0 12 km E of Greenwater, Washington
  9. 1.8 17 km SW of Nile, Washington
  10. 2.0 9 km SSW of Ellensburg, Washington
  11. 1.8 9 km S of Ellensburg, Washington
  12. 2.3 17 km SW of Nile, Washington
  13. 2.1 9 km SSW of Ellensburg, Washington
  14. 1.9 11 km WNW of Thorp, Washington
  15. 1.5 9 km S of Ellensburg, 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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