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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

5 km NNE of La Center, Washington

· 15 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clark County 20 kmCowlitz County 32 kmColumbia County 34 kmMultnomah County 44 kmWashington County 53 kmSkamania County 55 kmWahkiakum County 74 kmLewis County 77 kmClatsop County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clark County, 20 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 747 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
  4. 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 45.9130, -122.6452. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clark County, WA 20 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Cowlitz County, WA 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Columbia County, OR 34 km (21 mi) E of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Multnomah County, OR 44 km (28 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Washington County, OR 53 km (33 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Skamania County, WA 55 km (34 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Skamania County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 7 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  2. 1.7 10 km NE of Castle Rock, Washington
  3. 2.1 18 km N of Amboy, Washington
  4. 1.9 2 km WNW of Saint Helens, Oregon
  5. 2.0 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  6. 1.6 5 km NNE of Venersborg, Washington
  7. 2.1 8 km S of Scappoose, Oregon
  8. 1.9 1 km ESE of North Portland, Oregon
  9. 1.6 8 km S of Scappoose, Oregon
  10. 1.6 13 km NE of Vernonia, Oregon
  11. 1.6 2 km NNE of Columbia City, Oregon
  12. 1.6 3 km W of Yacolt, Washington
  13. 1.7 18 km E of West Side Highway, Washington
  14. 1.6 19 km NE of Kalama, Washington
  15. 1.8 8 km SW of Scappoose, 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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