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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

1 km NNW of Salmon Creek, Washington

· 18 km deep · released about 26 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clark County 15 kmMultnomah County 27 kmWashington County 39 kmColumbia County 40 kmCowlitz County 52 kmSkamania County 64 kmClackamas County 73 kmYamhill County 74 kmHood River County 82 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clark County, 15 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 984 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 26 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 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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 45.7255, -122.6612. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clark County, WA 15 km (9 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Multnomah County, OR 27 km (17 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Washington County, OR 39 km (24 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Columbia County, OR 40 km (25 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Cowlitz County, WA 52 km (33 mi) S of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Skamania County, WA 64 km (40 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Skamania County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 2 km NW of King City, Oregon
  2. 1.5 3 km W of Yacolt, Washington
  3. 2.3 2 km SW of Lake Shore, Washington
  4. 2.7 11 km W of Deer Island, Oregon
  5. 1.7 1 km N of Deer Island, Oregon
  6. 2.5 3 km SW of Lake Shore, Washington
  7. 2.3 0 km S of Banks, Oregon
  8. 1.6 3 km SW of Lake Shore, Washington
  9. 1.5 6 km NW of North Portland, Oregon
  10. 1.9 12 km WNW of Scappoose, Oregon
  11. 1.6 Washington-Oregon border region
  12. 1.9 3 km W of Yacolt, Washington
  13. 1.7 1 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
  14. 1.5 8 km N of Amboy, Washington
  15. 1.7 12 km NNE of Vernonia, Oregon

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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