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M 2.8ml

17 km SSE of White Swan, Washington

· -0.4 km deep · released about 420 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Yakima County 25 kmKlickitat County 43 kmBenton County 86 kmSherman County 94 kmKittitas County 98 kmGilliam County 100 kmSkamania County 105 kmHood River County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
-0.4 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Yakima County, 25 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1018 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 420 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 46.2453, -120.6288. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Yakima County, WA 25 km (16 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Klickitat County, WA 43 km (27 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Klickitat County
Benton County, WA 86 km (53 mi) W of here earthquakes near Benton County
Sherman County, OR 94 km (59 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sherman County
Kittitas County, WA 98 km (61 mi) S of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Gilliam County, OR 100 km (62 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Gilliam County

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

Aftershocks so far

17 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. 1.6 2 km WNW of Summitview, Washington
  5. 1.7 20 km S of White Swan, Washington
  6. 1.9 0 km SW of Selah, Washington
  7. 1.9 1 km SSW of Selah, Washington
  8. 2.0 8 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  9. 1.5 7 km ESE of Tampico, Washington
  10. 1.5 4 km NNW of Summitview, Washington
  11. 1.8 19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
  12. 1.6 27 km WSW of White Swan, Washington
  13. 2.0 3 km ESE of Goldendale, Washington
  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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