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M 1.6ml

37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington

· 3.7 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skamania County 26 kmCowlitz County 38 kmLewis County 46 kmClark County 52 kmMultnomah County 74 kmColumbia County 75 kmHood River County 86 kmPierce County 96 kmWahkiakum County 96 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
3.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Skamania County, 26 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 566 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 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 46.1925, -122.1837. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Skamania County, WA 26 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Skamania County
Cowlitz County, WA 38 km (24 mi) E of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Lewis County, WA 46 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Clark County, WA 52 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Clark County
Multnomah County, OR 74 km (46 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Columbia County, OR 75 km (46 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Columbia County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 31 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  2. 2.0 3 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
  3. 1.5 7 km ESE of Mossyrock, Washington
  4. 2.2 36 km SSE of Morton, Washington
  5. 1.5 3 km W of Yacolt, Washington
  6. 1.7 17 km S of Morton, Washington
  7. 1.8 10 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington
  8. 1.6 Washington-Oregon border region
  9. 1.9 3 km W of Yacolt, Washington
  10. 1.7 1 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
  11. 1.5 8 km N of Amboy, Washington
  12. 1.5 14 km SSW of Morton, Washington
  13. 1.6 3 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
  14. 2.1 5 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington
  15. 1.6 4 km NE of Mossyrock, 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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