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M 0.3ml

Earthquake near Longview, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Longview in the 24 hours to 5:34 pm PDT (00:34 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 26 km (16 mi) ENE, at 4:09 am PDT on 5 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 1,025 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Longview

This page: a magnitude 0.3 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) east of Longview, WA, at 3:19 pm PDT on 13 October 2026 (22:19 UTC), 9.2 km deep.

USGS: 32 km N of Amboy, Washington

77 km (48 mi) NNE of Portland, OR

3:19 pm PDT, Oct 13, 2026 · · 9.2 km deep · released about 0.091 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cowlitz County 24 kmSkamania County 38 kmLewis County 42 kmClark County 48 kmColumbia County 62 kmMultnomah County 73 kmWahkiakum County 82 kmThurston County 89 kmWashington County 91 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
3:19 pm PDT on 13 October 2026 ()
Where
44 km (27 mi) east of Longview, WA · earthquakes near Longview
Magnitude
M 0.3 (ml)
Depth
9.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Cowlitz County, 24 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 8 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 0.091 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 0.3 about 0.091 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 16 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.7 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 14 km E of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 13 km E of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 23 km S of Morton, Washington · 20 km NNE of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 28 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 27 km SE of this epicentre
  5. 5.1 Washington · 16 km E 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 46.2000, -122.3705. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Cowlitz County, WA 24 km (15 mi) W earthquakes near Cowlitz County
Skamania County, WA 38 km (23 mi) ESE earthquakes near Skamania County
Lewis County, WA 42 km (26 mi) N earthquakes near Lewis County
Clark County, WA 48 km (30 mi) S earthquakes near Clark County
Columbia County, OR 62 km (38 mi) WSW earthquakes near Columbia County
Multnomah County, OR 73 km (45 mi) S earthquakes near Multnomah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.2 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  2. 1.6 4 km E of Lewisville, Washington
  3. -0.1 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  4. 0.5 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  5. -0.1 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  6. 0.8 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  7. 0.2 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  8. 0.5 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  9. 0.4 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  10. 0.5 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  11. 0.4 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  12. 1.1 10 km SSE of Toledo, Washington
  13. 0.4 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
  14. 0.2 33 km NE of Amboy, Washington
  15. 0.4 37 km NNE of Amboy, 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

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