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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

8 km WSW of Napavine, Washington

· -0.5 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wahkiakum County 43 kmThurston County 45 kmCowlitz County 47 kmLewis County 49 kmPacific County 59 kmColumbia County 68 kmClatsop County 79 kmPierce County 86 kmGrays Harbor County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
-0.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report
Nearest
Wahkiakum County, 43 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 962 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.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.9 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 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 46.5535, -123.0150. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wahkiakum County, WA 43 km (26 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Wahkiakum County
Thurston County, WA 45 km (28 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Cowlitz County, WA 47 km (29 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Lewis County, WA 49 km (30 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Pacific County, WA 59 km (36 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pacific County
Columbia County, OR 68 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Columbia County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 21 km SE of Toledo, Washington
  2. 1.9 14 km WSW of Oakville, Washington
  3. 1.6 1 km N of Oakville, Washington
  4. 1.6 20 km NE of Onalaska, Washington
  5. 1.6 5 km SW of Napavine, Washington
  6. 2.0 19 km SE of Toledo, Washington
  7. 1.7 6 km WSW of Napavine, Washington
  8. 1.7 10 km SSE of Toledo, Washington
  9. 1.7 3 km S of Pe Ell, Washington
  10. 2.0 1 km N of Longview, Washington
  11. 1.5 5 km WSW of Napavine, Washington
  12. 2.2 5 km SW of Napavine, Washington
  13. 1.5 17 km NNW of Pe Ell, Washington
  14. 1.8 10 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  15. 1.6 2 km N of Onalaska, 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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