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M 2.4ml

5 km SSW of Chelan Falls, Washington

· 3.9 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Douglas County 23 kmChelan County 48 kmGrant County 72 kmKittitas County 87 kmOkanogan County 90 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
3.9 km below the surface
Felt
12 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Douglas County, 23 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 328 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 12 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 78,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 140 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 47.7557, -120.0010. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Douglas County, WA 23 km (14 mi) W of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Chelan County, WA 48 km (30 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Chelan County
Grant County, WA 72 km (45 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Grant County
Kittitas County, WA 87 km (54 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Kittitas County
Okanogan County, WA 90 km (56 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Okanogan County
Lincoln County, WA 120 km (75 mi) W of here earthquakes near Lincoln County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.9 5 km ENE of Entiat, Washington
  2. 2.3 4 km NW of Waterville, Washington
  3. 1.7 7 km WSW of Chelan, Washington
  4. 1.6 12 km W of Entiat, Washington
  5. 1.9 10 km SSW of Granite Falls, Washington
  6. 1.7 23 km NW of Granite Falls, Washington
  7. 1.5 7 km SSE of Chelan Falls, Washington
  8. 1.8 12 km WNW of Mansfield, Washington
  9. 1.6 13 km E of Waterville, Washington
  10. 1.8 7 km W of Entiat, Washington
  11. 2.5 4 km NW of Waterville, Washington
  12. 1.6 15 km WSW of Methow, 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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