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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

1 km ESE of La Center, Washington

· 18 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clark County 16 kmColumbia County 34 kmCowlitz County 38 kmMultnomah County 39 kmWashington County 48 kmSkamania County 58 kmWahkiakum County 77 kmClatsop County 83 kmLewis County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clark County, 16 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1012 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 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 620,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 39× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 45.8570, -122.6573. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clark County, WA 16 km (10 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Columbia County, OR 34 km (21 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Cowlitz County, WA 38 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Multnomah County, OR 39 km (24 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Washington County, OR 48 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Skamania County, WA 58 km (36 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Skamania County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 10 km WSW of Felida, Washington
  2. 1.6 12 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  3. 1.5 4 km SSW of Aloha, Oregon
  4. 2.0 5 km NW of North Portland, Oregon
  5. 2.1 1 km ESE of Banks, Oregon
  6. 1.6 3 km NNE of Washougal, Washington
  7. 1.6 5 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
  8. 1.5 14 km NE of Amboy, Washington
  9. 2.2 0 km SE of Barberton, Washington
  10. 1.5 24 km N of Amboy, Washington
  11. 2.0 30 km N of Amboy, Washington
  12. 1.6 1 km WSW of Kalama, Washington
  13. 1.7 24 km N of Amboy, Washington
  14. 2.1 24 km N of Amboy, Washington
  15. 1.7 4 km NNE of Kalama, 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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