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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Kamiah, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Kamiah in the 24 hours to 10:47 am PST (18:47 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 18 km (11 mi) ENE, at 6:00 pm PDT on 16 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Kamiah
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east of Kamiah, ID, at 12:40 pm PDT on 26 April 2019 (19:40 UTC), 6.9 km deep.
USGS: 2 km E of Kamiah, Idaho
- When
- 12:40 pm PDT on 26 April 2019 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) east of Kamiah, ID · earthquakes near Kamiah
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lewis County, 33 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2757 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Kamiah, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 8.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2018-11-20 — about 5,200 times the energy of this one.
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 46.2288, -115.9918. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis County, ID | 33 km (21 mi) | W | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Clearwater County, ID | 56 km (35 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Clearwater County |
| Idaho County, ID | 58 km (36 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Idaho County |
| Nez Perce County, ID | 60 km (37 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Nez Perce County |
| Latah County, ID | 87 km (54 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Latah County |
| Asotin County, WA | 95 km (59 mi) | W | earthquakes near Asotin County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
8 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.1 8 km WSW of Peck, Idaho
- 2.2 4 km SSE of Grangeville, Idaho
- 2.1 7 km SSW of Orofino, Idaho
- 2.2 11 km SE of Weippe, Idaho
- 1.7 28 km ESE of Weippe, Idaho
- 1.7 Northern Idaho
- 1.5 7 km WNW of Grangeville, Idaho
- 2.0 4 km E of Peck, 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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