Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
18 km SW of Nile, Washington
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Yakima County, 41 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 97 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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 46.7170, -121.1208. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yakima County, WA | 41 km (26 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Yakima County |
| Kittitas County, WA | 56 km (35 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Kittitas County |
| Pierce County, WA | 87 km (54 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| Lewis County, WA | 97 km (60 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Klickitat County, WA | 98 km (61 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Klickitat County |
| Skamania County, WA | 100 km (62 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Skamania County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 0.8 26 km NNE of Packwood, Washington
- 0.6 26 km NNE of Packwood, Washington
- 1.6 17 km SSW of Nile, Washington
- 2.3 17 km SW of Nile, Washington
- 1.8 9 km SSW of Ellensburg, Washington
- 2.6 17 km SW of Nile, 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.
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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