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M 2.4ml

29 km ENE of Amboy, Washington

· 12 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skamania County 13 kmClark County 42 kmCowlitz County 46 kmMultnomah County 60 kmLewis County 63 kmHood River County 69 kmColumbia County 75 kmWashington County 94 kmClackamas County 99 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Skamania County, 13 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 983 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 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 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 46.0463, -122.1202. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Skamania County, WA 13 km (8 mi) W of here earthquakes near Skamania County
Clark County, WA 42 km (26 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Clark County
Cowlitz County, WA 46 km (29 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Multnomah County, OR 60 km (37 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Lewis County, WA 63 km (39 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Hood River County, OR 69 km (43 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Hood River County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 12 km E of Yacolt, Washington
  2. 1.6 1 km E of Lewisville, Washington
  3. 1.8 5 km NNE of La Center, Washington
  4. 1.8 3 km ENE of Venersborg, Washington
  5. 1.5 20 km SSW of Morton, Washington
  6. 1.8 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  7. 1.5 28 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington
  8. 3.5 20 km S of Morton, Washington
  9. 1.9 15 km S of Morton, Washington
  10. 2.1 20 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington
  11. 2.0 11 km S of Morton, Washington
  12. 1.7 24 km N of Amboy, Washington
  13. 1.7 24 km N of Amboy, Washington
  14. 2.0 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  15. 1.5 3 km ESE of La Center, 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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