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M 1.7ml

8 km S of Mineral, Washington

· 13 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lewis County 16 kmPierce County 45 kmThurston County 58 kmCowlitz County 62 kmSkamania County 71 kmKing County 98 kmClark County 100 kmWahkiakum County 102 kmColumbia County 104 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lewis County, 16 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 387 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 46.6445, -122.1965. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lewis County, WA 16 km (10 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Pierce County, WA 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Pierce County
Thurston County, WA 58 km (36 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Thurston County
Cowlitz County, WA 62 km (39 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Skamania County, WA 71 km (44 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Skamania County
King County, WA 98 km (61 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near King County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  2. 1.5 0 km NNW of Eatonville, Washington
  3. 1.7 1 km SW of Kapowsin, Washington
  4. 1.6 38 km NE of Amboy, Washington
  5. 1.6 3 km S of Packwood, Washington
  6. 1.6 9 km S of Mossyrock, Washington
  7. 1.9 38 km NE of Amboy, Washington
  8. 1.6 1 km SSE of Kapowsin, Washington
  9. 1.5 11 km NNE of Ashford, Washington
  10. 1.5 2 km SSE of Kapowsin, Washington
  11. 2.0 5 km WSW of Crocker, Washington
  12. 1.6 12 km SW of Mossyrock, Washington
  13. 1.7 1 km SE of Kapowsin, Washington
  14. 2.0 10 km ESE of Ashford, Washington
  15. 1.8 7 km SSE of Mossyrock, 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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