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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

1 km SSE of Prescott, Oregon

· -0.3 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Columbia County 19 kmCowlitz County 24 kmClark County 42 kmWahkiakum County 51 kmWashington County 56 kmClatsop County 64 kmMultnomah County 65 kmSkamania County 72 kmLewis County 72 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
-0.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Columbia County, 19 km WSW
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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 46.0327, -122.8798. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Columbia County, OR 19 km (12 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Cowlitz County, WA 24 km (15 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Clark County, WA 42 km (26 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Wahkiakum County, WA 51 km (32 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Wahkiakum County
Washington County, OR 56 km (35 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Clatsop County, OR 64 km (40 mi) E of here earthquakes near Clatsop 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. 1.5 6 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
  2. 1.7 7 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
  3. 1.6 3 km E of Battle Ground, Washington
  4. 1.7 3 km NNE of La Center, Washington
  5. 2.0 19 km N of Amboy, Washington
  6. 1.7 10 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  7. 2.1 9 km ENE of Kalama, Washington
  8. 1.7 4 km ENE of Lewisville, Washington
  9. 1.8 10 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  10. 1.6 9 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  11. 1.6 3 km W of Yacolt, Washington
  12. 1.6 2 km WNW of Saint Helens, Oregon
  13. 2.1 1 km WNW of Deer Island, Oregon
  14. 1.7 1 km SW of Columbia City, Oregon
  15. 1.7 1 km NNE of Battle Ground, 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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