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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Moscow, ID

USGS: 5 km SW of Troy, Idaho

1:02 pm PST, Nov 4, 2019 · · -2.0 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Latah County 15 kmNez Perce County 41 kmWhitman County 59 kmBenewah County 59 kmLewis County 60 kmGarfield County 62 kmAsotin County 66 kmClearwater County 89 kmColumbia County 95 km
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When
1:02 pm PST on 4 November 2019 ()
Where
14 km (9 mi) ESE of Moscow, ID · earthquakes near Moscow
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
-2.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Latah County, 15 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2524 days ago

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) ESE of Moscow, ID, at 1:02 pm PST on 4 November 2019 (21:02 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Pullman.

USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 46.7005, -116.8222. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Latah County, ID 15 km (9 mi) NNE earthquakes near Latah County
Nez Perce County, ID 41 km (26 mi) S earthquakes near Nez Perce County
Whitman County, WA 59 km (37 mi) WNW earthquakes near Whitman County
Benewah County, ID 59 km (37 mi) NNE earthquakes near Benewah County
Lewis County, ID 60 km (37 mi) SSE earthquakes near Lewis County
Garfield County, WA 62 km (39 mi) WSW earthquakes near Garfield County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1 km NW of Asotin, Washington
  2. 2.1 5 km ENE of Pullman, Washington
  3. 2.3 9 km ESE of Princeton, Idaho
  4. 1.7 4 km E of Uniontown, Washington
  5. 2.3 4 km ENE of Pullman, Washington
  6. 2.3 5 km SSW of Moscow, Idaho
  7. 1.7 6 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  8. 1.6 8 km SSE of Pullman, Washington
  9. 2.1 2 km SSE of Lewiston Orchards, Idaho
  10. 2.2 8 km SW of Potlatch, Idaho
  11. 2.2 2 km NE of Lewiston Orchards, Idaho
  12. 1.6 10 km ESE of Moscow, Idaho
  13. 1.9 7 km WSW of Deary, Idaho
  14. 1.9 7 km ENE of Troy, Idaho
  15. 2.1 6 km N of Onaway, 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.

On USGS

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