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M 1.7ml

8 km WSW of Packwood, Washington

· 16 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lewis County 46 kmPierce County 61 kmSkamania County 62 kmYakima County 80 kmCowlitz County 81 kmThurston County 90 kmKing County 102 kmKittitas County 104 kmClark County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lewis County, 46 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 916 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 46.5718, -121.7722. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lewis County, WA 46 km (29 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Pierce County, WA 61 km (38 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Skamania County, WA 62 km (39 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Skamania County
Yakima County, WA 80 km (50 mi) W of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Cowlitz County, WA 81 km (50 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Thurston County, WA 90 km (56 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Thurston County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  2. 1.6 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  3. 1.5 30 km S of Morton, Washington
  4. 2.1 9 km S of Morton, Washington
  5. 2.6 9 km S of Morton, Washington
  6. 2.0 23 km NNE of Packwood, Washington
  7. 1.8 14 km SW of Packwood, Washington
  8. 1.8 25 km S of Morton, Washington
  9. 2.0 8 km ESE of Ashford, Washington
  10. 2.2 11 km WSW of Mineral, Washington
  11. 1.6 10 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  12. 1.7 10 km E of Ashford, Washington
  13. 1.6 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  14. 1.5 12 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  15. 2.0 17 km NNE of Ashford, 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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