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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

13 km N of Kahlotus, Washington

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

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Adams County 28 kmFranklin County 36 kmWalla Walla County 57 kmColumbia County 73 kmWhitman County 80 kmGrant County 84 kmGarfield County 87 kmLincoln County 92 kmBenton County 94 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
-0.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Adams County, 28 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1859 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 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× 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 46.7648, -118.5720. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Adams County, WA 28 km (17 mi) S of here earthquakes near Adams County
Franklin County, WA 36 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Franklin County
Walla Walla County, WA 57 km (36 mi) N of here earthquakes near Walla Walla County
Columbia County, WA 73 km (45 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Whitman County, WA 80 km (50 mi) W of here earthquakes near Whitman County
Grant County, WA 84 km (52 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Grant County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 10 km WSW of Hatton, Washington
  2. 1.9 4 km ENE of Ritzville, Washington
  3. 1.7 5 km W of Warden, Washington
  4. 1.6 9 km W of Ritzville, Washington
  5. 1.5 24 km SSW of Odessa, Washington
  6. 2.0 7 km NE of Ritzville, Washington
  7. 2.1 12 km NW of Lind, Washington
  8. 1.9 5 km W of Warden, 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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