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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Grandview, WA

USGS: 14 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington

11:58 pm PDT, Jun 27, 2022 · · 17 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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When
11:58 pm PDT on 27 June 2022 ()
Where
47 km (29 mi) SSW of Grandview, WA · earthquakes near Grandview
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Klickitat County, 47 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1490 days ago

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) SSW of Grandview, WA, at 11:58 pm PDT on 27 June 2022 (06:58 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 99,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 45.8690, -120.1675. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Klickitat County, WA 47 km (29 mi) W earthquakes near Klickitat County
Gilliam County, OR 55 km (34 mi) S earthquakes near Gilliam County
Benton County, WA 64 km (40 mi) NE earthquakes near Benton County
Sherman County, OR 66 km (41 mi) SW earthquakes near Sherman County
Morrow County, OR 66 km (41 mi) SE earthquakes near Morrow County
Yakima County, WA 79 km (49 mi) NW earthquakes near Yakima County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 17 km ENE of Roosevelt, Washington
  2. 0.9 22 km SSE of Harrah, Washington
  3. 2.1 12 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  4. 1.9 7 km SW of Arlington, Oregon
  5. 1.5 4 km SSW of Arlington, Oregon
  6. 1.7 8 km N of Roosevelt, Washington
  7. 1.5 17 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  8. 1.5 13 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  9. 1.9 16 km ENE of Arlington, Oregon
  10. 2.0 8 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  11. 2.0 2 km SSE of Arlington, Oregon
  12. 1.8 19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
  13. 1.8 17 km ENE of Roosevelt, Washington
  14. 1.8 6 km SW of Arlington, Oregon
  15. 2.2 19 km S of Arlington, 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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