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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

3 km ENE of Venersborg, Washington

· -0.5 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clark County 8 kmMultnomah County 27 kmSkamania County 42 kmCowlitz County 50 kmColumbia County 57 kmWashington County 61 kmHood River County 65 kmClackamas County 72 kmLewis County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
-0.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Clark County, 8 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 752 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 13 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 810,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 72× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 45.7917, -122.3840. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clark County, WA 8 km (5 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Clark County
Multnomah County, OR 27 km (17 mi) N of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Skamania County, WA 42 km (26 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Skamania County
Cowlitz County, WA 50 km (31 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Columbia County, OR 57 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Washington County, OR 61 km (38 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 32 km N of Amboy, Washington
  2. 1.6 32 km N of Amboy, Washington
  3. 1.7 3 km NW of Venersborg, Washington
  4. 1.5 4 km WNW of Camas, Washington
  5. 1.6 4 km SSW of Amboy, Washington
  6. 1.7 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  7. 1.6 5 km SW of Yacolt, Washington
  8. 2.1 10 km NNE of Sandy, Oregon
  9. 1.7 5 km SSE of Yacolt, Washington
  10. 2.1 18 km N of Amboy, Washington
  11. 1.9 2 km WNW of Saint Helens, Oregon
  12. 2.0 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  13. 1.6 10 km NNW of Carson, Washington
  14. 1.6 5 km NNE of Venersborg, Washington
  15. 2.2 23 km NNW of Carson, 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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