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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

1 km S of Goldendale, Washington

· -0.7 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Klickitat County 8 kmSherman County 46 kmGilliam County 63 kmHood River County 73 kmYakima County 73 kmWasco County 76 kmSkamania County 91 kmMorrow County 103 kmBenton County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
-0.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Klickitat County, 8 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 565 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 45.8033, -120.8168. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Klickitat County, WA 8 km (5 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Klickitat County
Sherman County, OR 46 km (29 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sherman County
Gilliam County, OR 63 km (39 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Gilliam County
Hood River County, OR 73 km (45 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Hood River County
Yakima County, WA 73 km (45 mi) S of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Wasco County, OR 76 km (47 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Wasco 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. 1.5 17 km SSE of White Swan, Washington
  2. 1.7 3 km NE of Dallesport, Washington
  3. 1.8 4 km E of Dallesport, Washington
  4. 1.7 20 km S of White Swan, Washington
  5. 1.7 1 km SSE of Goldendale, Washington
  6. 1.7 6 km SE of Mosier, Oregon
  7. 1.9 1 km NNE of Dallesport, Washington
  8. 1.7 8 km SE of Wasco, Oregon
  9. 1.8 19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
  10. 1.7 1 km ESE of Chenoweth, Oregon
  11. 2.0 3 km ESE of Goldendale, Washington
  12. 1.6 4 km ENE of Dallesport, Washington
  13. 1.5 5 km ESE of Dufur, Oregon
  14. 1.9 11 km S of Bickleton, Washington
  15. 1.9 13 km E of Goldendale, 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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