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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

5 km W of Napavine, Washington

· -0.1 km deep · released about 98 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Thurston County 42 kmWahkiakum County 46 kmLewis County 46 kmCowlitz County 48 kmPacific County 61 kmColumbia County 70 kmClatsop County 82 kmPierce County 83 kmMason County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
-0.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Thurston County, 42 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 582 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 98 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 98 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 46.5720, -122.9852. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Thurston County, WA 42 km (26 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Wahkiakum County, WA 46 km (28 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Wahkiakum County
Lewis County, WA 46 km (29 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Cowlitz County, WA 48 km (30 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Pacific County, WA 61 km (38 mi) E of here earthquakes near Pacific County
Columbia County, OR 70 km (44 mi) N of here earthquakes near Columbia County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.2 12 km S of Rainier, Washington
  2. 0.7 21 km ESE of Castle Rock, Washington
  3. 0.9 20 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  4. 0.6 21 km ESE of Castle Rock, Washington
  5. 1.7 20 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  6. 1.7 6 km W of Mossyrock, Washington
  7. 3.8 20 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  8. 1.6 6 km NE of Rochester, Washington
  9. 1.6 20 km E of Castle Rock, Washington
  10. 1.5 11 km ENE of East Cathlamet, Washington
  11. 1.6 9 km S of Mossyrock, Washington
  12. 1.5 6 km NW of Winlock, Washington
  13. 1.7 1 km E of Oakville, Washington
  14. 1.6 5 km W of Tumwater, Washington
  15. 2.0 3 km NNE of Winlock, 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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