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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Sandpoint, ID

USGS: 2 km SW of Hope, Idaho

6:24 am PST, Jan 13, 2016 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Bonner County 24 kmBoundary County 62 kmKootenai County 67 kmLincoln County 74 kmPend Oreille County 75 kmSanders County 100 kmShoshone County 103 kmSpokane County 105 kmStevens County 114 km
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When
6:24 am PST on 13 January 2016 ()
Where
17 km (11 mi) ESE of Sandpoint, ID · earthquakes near Sandpoint
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Bonner County, 24 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3916 days ago

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) ESE of Sandpoint, ID, at 6:24 am PST on 13 January 2016 (14:24 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Ponderay.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 48.2265, -116.3315. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Bonner County, ID 24 km (15 mi) WNW earthquakes near Bonner County
Boundary County, ID 62 km (39 mi) NNW earthquakes near Boundary County
Kootenai County, ID 67 km (42 mi) SSW earthquakes near Kootenai County
Lincoln County, MT 74 km (46 mi) ENE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Pend Oreille County, WA 75 km (47 mi) WNW earthquakes near Pend Oreille County
Sanders County, MT 100 km (62 mi) ESE earthquakes near Sanders County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 2 km NE of Dover, Idaho
  2. 2.2 8 km WNW of Dover, Idaho
  3. 1.8 6 km SSW of Athol, Idaho
  4. 1.6 13 km NNW of Athol, Idaho
  5. 3.1 20 km N of Heron, Montana
  6. 2.1 12 km NNW of Kootenai, Idaho
  7. 1.6 11 km NNW of Kootenai, Idaho
  8. 2.1 7 km WSW of Clark Fork, Idaho
  9. 1.6 18 km N of Kootenai, Idaho
  10. 2.2 8 km NW of Ponderay, Idaho
  11. 1.8 13 km SSW of East Hope, Idaho
  12. 2.1 8 km WNW of Dover, Idaho
  13. 1.8 9 km NNW of Ponderay, Idaho
  14. 1.5 11 km SSW of East Hope, Idaho
  15. 2.5 10 km SSW of East Hope, Idaho

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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