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M 2.2ml
Earthquake near Barberton, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Barberton in the 24 hours to 5:43 pm PST (01:43 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 62 km (38 mi) N, at 4:09 am PDT on 5 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,025 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Barberton
This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded in Barberton, WA, at 2:30 pm PDT on 20 March 2025 (21:30 UTC), 14 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 0 km SE of Barberton, Washington
18 km (11 mi) NNE of Portland, OR · 6 km (4 mi) N of Vancouver, WA
- When
- 2:30 pm PDT on 20 March 2025 ()
- Where
- in Barberton, WA · earthquakes near Barberton
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Clark County, 12 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 602 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Five Corners, Walnut Grove, Orchards, Minnehaha, Salmon Creek, Hazel Dell.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 52 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 290,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 52 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 5 km E of Bridgeton, Oregon · 10 km S of this epicentre
- 5.0 3 km SW of Portland, Oregon · 23 km SSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 45.6902, -122.5948. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County, WA | 12 km (8 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Multnomah County, OR | 21 km (13 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Multnomah County |
| Washington County, OR | 42 km (26 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Columbia County, OR | 47 km (29 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Columbia County |
| Cowlitz County, WA | 57 km (35 mi) | N | earthquakes near Cowlitz County |
| Skamania County, WA | 62 km (39 mi) | NE | 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.
- 2.2 27 km ENE of Yacolt, Washington
- 2.0 10 km SSE of Scappoose, Oregon
- 1.6 5 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
- 1.8 4 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
- 2.1 4 km W of Yacolt, Washington
- 1.8 3 km E of Kalama, Washington
- 1.5 3 km WSW of Kalama, Washington
- 1.6 2 km NE of Lewisville, Washington
- 2.6 18 km NE of Amboy, Washington
- 2.1 4 km WSW of Yacolt, Washington
- 1.9 1 km SE of Vancouver, Washington
- 1.6 5 km SSW of Yacolt, Washington
- 1.6 4 km NNE of Kalama, Washington
- 1.5 2 km SSW of Yacolt, Washington
- 1.5 5 km WNW of King City, 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.
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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