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M 2.1ml

12 km SSW of Bickleton, Washington

· 17 km deep · released about 37 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Klickitat County 34 kmGilliam County 57 kmSherman County 61 kmYakima County 70 kmBenton County 74 kmMorrow County 78 kmWasco County 103 kmHood River County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Klickitat County, 34 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 969 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 37 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 410,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 290,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 26× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 37 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 45.8933, -120.3477. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Klickitat County, WA 34 km (21 mi) E of here earthquakes near Klickitat County
Gilliam County, OR 57 km (35 mi) N of here earthquakes near Gilliam County
Sherman County, OR 61 km (38 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Sherman County
Yakima County, WA 70 km (43 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Benton County, WA 74 km (46 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Benton County
Morrow County, OR 78 km (48 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Morrow County

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

Aftershocks so far

21 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. 1.9 7 km SW of Arlington, Oregon
  4. 1.5 4 km SSW of Arlington, Oregon
  5. 1.7 20 km S of White Swan, Washington
  6. 1.7 1 km SSE of Goldendale, Washington
  7. 1.7 8 km N of Roosevelt, Washington
  8. 1.5 17 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  9. 1.5 13 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
  10. 1.9 16 km ENE of Arlington, Oregon
  11. 2.0 8 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  12. 2.0 2 km SSE of Arlington, Oregon
  13. 1.7 8 km SE of Wasco, Oregon
  14. 1.8 19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
  15. 2.0 3 km ESE 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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