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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

16 km SW of Nile, Washington

· 3.4 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yakima County 37 kmKittitas County 56 kmPierce County 91 kmKlickitat County 95 kmLewis County 101 kmSkamania County 101 kmKing County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
3.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Yakima County, 37 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2071 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 7.3 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.3 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 46.7018, -121.0713. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Yakima County, WA 37 km (23 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Kittitas County, WA 56 km (35 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Pierce County, WA 91 km (57 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Klickitat County, WA 95 km (59 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Klickitat County
Lewis County, WA 101 km (63 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Skamania County, WA 101 km (63 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Skamania 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. 1.9 16 km WSW of Nile, Washington
  2. 1.7 18 km SW of Nile, Washington
  3. 2.1 18 km SW of Nile, Washington
  4. 1.6 17 km SW of Nile, Washington
  5. 1.9 9 km S of Ellensburg, Washington
  6. 2.0 23 km NNE of Packwood, Washington
  7. 1.9 9 km S of Ellensburg, Washington
  8. 2.1 16 km WSW of Nile, Washington
  9. 1.5 7 km ESE of Tampico, Washington
  10. 1.5 4 km NNW of Summitview, Washington
  11. 2.0 17 km SW of Nile, Washington
  12. 1.9 9 km SSW of Ellensburg, Washington
  13. 2.6 16 km WSW of Nile, Washington
  14. 1.8 17 km SW of Nile, Washington
  15. 2.0 9 km SSW 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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