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M 3.0ml
Earthquake near Longview, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Longview in the 24 hours to 12:37 pm PST (20:37 UTC). The last one was M 3.0, 29 km (18 mi) SSE, at 7:25 am PDT on 22 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 113 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Longview
This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) east of Longview, WA, at 7:48 pm PST on 4 January 2024 (03:48 UTC), 11 km deep. 101 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 33 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
78 km (48 mi) NNE of Portland, OR
- When
- 7:48 pm PST on 4 January 2024 ()
- Where
- 48 km (30 mi) east of Longview, WA · earthquakes near Longview
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- 101 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity III (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Cowlitz County, 28 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 979 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 35 km (22 mi) from the epicentre. In Longview, 48 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 920 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 370,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 920 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 5.7 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 10 km E of this epicentre
- 5.2 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9 km E of this epicentre
- 5.2 23 km S of Morton, Washington · 18 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.1 28 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 25 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.1 Washington · 12 km ENE of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 46.1995, -122.3182. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowlitz County, WA | 28 km (17 mi) | W | earthquakes near Cowlitz County |
| Skamania County, WA | 34 km (21 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Skamania County |
| Lewis County, WA | 43 km (26 mi) | N | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Clark County, WA | 49 km (31 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Columbia County, OR | 65 km (41 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Columbia County |
| Multnomah County, OR | 73 km (45 mi) | S | earthquakes near Multnomah County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 5 km ENE of Prescott, Oregon
- 1.5 14 km NE of Amboy, Washington
- 1.6 10 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
- 1.6 10 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
- 1.5 24 km N of Amboy, Washington
- 1.5 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
- 2.1 6 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington
- 2.0 30 km N of Amboy, Washington
- 1.6 1 km WSW of Kalama, Washington
- 1.7 24 km N of Amboy, Washington
- 2.1 24 km N of Amboy, Washington
- 1.7 4 km NNE of Kalama, Washington
- 1.5 6 km SW of Morton, Washington
- 1.6 19 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington
- 1.6 18 km SSE of Mossyrock, 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
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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