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M 3.0ml

21 km NW of Bickleton, Washington

· 12 km deep · released about 1,100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Klickitat County 36 kmYakima County 41 kmBenton County 77 kmSherman County 83 kmGilliam County 85 kmMorrow County 105 kmKittitas County 111 kmSkamania County 113 kmHood River County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity II (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Klickitat County, 36 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1092 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 10,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 1,100 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 46.1315, -120.5017. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Klickitat County, WA 36 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Klickitat County
Yakima County, WA 41 km (25 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Benton County, WA 77 km (48 mi) W of here earthquakes near Benton County
Sherman County, OR 83 km (51 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sherman County
Gilliam County, OR 85 km (53 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Gilliam County
Morrow County, OR 105 km (65 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Morrow County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 12 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  2. 1.5 17 km SSE of White Swan, Washington
  3. 3.1 5 km WSW of Harrah, Washington
  4. 1.7 20 km S of White Swan, Washington
  5. 1.7 1 km SSE of Goldendale, Washington
  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. 2.0 8 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  10. 1.5 7 km ESE of Tampico, Washington
  11. 1.8 19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
  12. 2.0 3 km ESE of Goldendale, Washington
  13. 1.9 11 km S of Bickleton, Washington
  14. 1.9 13 km E of Goldendale, Washington
  15. 2.1 12 km SSW of Bickleton, 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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