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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

9 km W of Vantage, Washington

· 6.2 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kittitas County 47 kmGrant County 56 kmYakima County 73 kmBenton County 92 kmDouglas County 93 kmFranklin County 103 kmChelan County 108 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Kittitas County, 47 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1580 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 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 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 46.9535, -120.1067. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kittitas County, WA 47 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Grant County, WA 56 km (35 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Grant County
Yakima County, WA 73 km (46 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Benton County, WA 92 km (57 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Benton County
Douglas County, WA 93 km (58 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Franklin County, WA 103 km (64 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Franklin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 11 km NNE of Selah, Washington
  2. 1.9 0 km SW of Selah, Washington
  3. 1.9 1 km SSW of Selah, Washington
  4. 2.0 9 km S of Ellensburg, Washington
  5. 1.9 9 km S of Ellensburg, Washington
  6. 1.9 9 km S of Ellensburg, Washington
  7. 1.7 5 km ESE of Kittitas, Washington
  8. 1.6 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  9. 2.3 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  10. 1.9 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  11. 1.6 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  12. 1.6 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  13. 2.4 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
  14. 1.9 9 km SSW of Ellensburg, Washington
  15. 2.0 9 km SSW of Ellensburg, 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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