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M 2.1ml

12 km NW of Lind, Washington

· 9.6 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Adams County 16 kmGrant County 59 kmFranklin County 60 kmLincoln County 62 kmWhitman County 91 kmWalla Walla County 91 kmColumbia County 105 kmDouglas County 106 kmBenton County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
9.6 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Adams County, 16 km ESE
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. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 44 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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 47.0587, -118.7158. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Adams County, WA 16 km (10 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Adams County
Grant County, WA 59 km (37 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Grant County
Franklin County, WA 60 km (37 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Franklin County
Lincoln County, WA 62 km (39 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Whitman County, WA 91 km (57 mi) W of here earthquakes near Whitman County
Walla Walla County, WA 91 km (57 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Walla Walla County

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

Aftershocks so far

7 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 15 km SW of Odessa, Washington
  5. 1.6 9 km W of Ritzville, Washington
  6. 1.5 24 km SSW of Odessa, Washington
  7. 2.0 7 km NE of Ritzville, 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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