Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.3ml
10 km WSW of Benton City, Washington
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Benton County, 7 km E
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1046 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 46.2183, -119.6097. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County, WA | 7 km (4 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Benton County |
| Franklin County, WA | 65 km (40 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Walla Walla County, WA | 87 km (54 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Walla Walla County |
| Morrow County, OR | 88 km (55 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Morrow County |
| Yakima County, WA | 91 km (56 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Yakima County |
| Umatilla County, OR | 97 km (60 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Umatilla County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
- 2.3 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
- 1.9 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
- 1.6 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
- 1.6 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
- 2.4 11 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
- 1.8 4 km SSE of Kennewick, Washington
- 2.3 4 km SSW of West Richland, Washington
- 1.7 10 km SSW of Tri-Cities, Washington
- 2.0 4 km SE of Umatilla, Oregon
- 1.6 10 km ENE of Prosser, Washington
- 1.9 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
- 1.6 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
- 1.8 12 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington
- 1.7 12 km SE of Desert Aire, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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