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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

3 km ESE of Goldendale, Washington

· -0.7 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Klickitat County 7 kmSherman County 46 kmGilliam County 62 kmYakima County 72 kmHood River County 75 kmWasco County 78 kmSkamania County 93 kmMorrow County 101 kmBenton County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
-0.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Klickitat County, 7 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 866 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 45.8093, -120.7858. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Klickitat County, WA 7 km (4 mi) S of here earthquakes near Klickitat County
Sherman County, OR 46 km (29 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sherman County
Gilliam County, OR 62 km (38 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Gilliam County
Yakima County, WA 72 km (45 mi) S of here earthquakes near Yakima County
Hood River County, OR 75 km (47 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Hood River County
Wasco County, OR 78 km (48 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Wasco County

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

Aftershocks so far

12 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. 1.7 3 km NE of Dallesport, Washington
  5. 1.8 4 km E of Dallesport, Washington
  6. 1.7 20 km S of White Swan, Washington
  7. 1.7 1 km SSE of Goldendale, Washington
  8. 1.9 1 km NNE of Dallesport, Washington
  9. 2.0 8 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
  10. 1.7 8 km SE of Wasco, Oregon
  11. 1.8 19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
  12. 1.7 1 km ESE of Chenoweth, Oregon

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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