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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

12 km NW of West Longview, Washington

· -0.6 km deep · released about 7.3 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Wahkiakum County, 24 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 567 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 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 46.2523, -123.1150. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wahkiakum County, WA 24 km (15 mi) E of here earthquakes near Wahkiakum County
Cowlitz County, WA 34 km (21 mi) W of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Columbia County, OR 35 km (22 mi) N of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Clatsop County, OR 52 km (32 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Clatsop County
Pacific County, WA 61 km (38 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Pacific County
Lewis County, WA 67 km (42 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lewis 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. 1.7 12 km NNE of Vernonia, Oregon
  2. 1.5 10 km NNE of Vernonia, Oregon
  3. 1.5 11 km SSE of Toledo, Washington
  4. 1.8 4 km NNW of Skamokawa Valley, Washington
  5. 1.7 3 km E of Prescott, Oregon
  6. 1.5 9 km SSE of Toledo, Washington
  7. 1.8 3 km WNW of Saint Helens, Oregon
  8. 1.8 9 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  9. 1.8 11 km SSE of Toledo, Washington
  10. 1.5 6 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
  11. 1.7 7 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
  12. 1.5 8 km WSW of Napavine, Washington
  13. 1.8 5 km NNW of Winlock, Washington
  14. 1.7 10 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  15. 2.1 9 km ENE of Kalama, 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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