Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
19 km NW of Bickleton, Washington
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Klickitat County, 35 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 684 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 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 46.1180, -120.4907. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Klickitat County, WA | 35 km (22 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Klickitat County |
| Yakima County, WA | 42 km (26 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Yakima County |
| Benton County, WA | 76 km (47 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Benton County |
| Sherman County, OR | 81 km (50 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Sherman County |
| Gilliam County, OR | 83 km (52 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Gilliam County |
| Morrow County, OR | 103 km (64 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
10 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 12 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
- 1.5 17 km SSE of White Swan, Washington
- 3.1 5 km WSW of Harrah, Washington
- 1.7 20 km S of White Swan, Washington
- 1.7 1 km SSE of Goldendale, Washington
- 1.7 8 km N of Roosevelt, Washington
- 1.5 17 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
- 1.5 13 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington
- 2.0 8 km SSE of Bickleton, Washington
- 1.5 7 km ESE of Tampico, 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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