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M 2.3ml

10 km SSE of Deary, Idaho

· 8.1 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Latah County 22 kmNez Perce County 47 kmLewis County 53 kmBenewah County 57 kmClearwater County 63 kmAsotin County 82 kmWhitman County 83 kmShoshone County 84 kmGarfield County 87 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
8.1 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Latah County, 22 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1981 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 46.7150, -116.4828. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Latah County, ID 22 km (14 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Latah County
Nez Perce County, ID 47 km (29 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Nez Perce County
Lewis County, ID 53 km (33 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Benewah County, ID 57 km (36 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Benewah County
Clearwater County, ID 63 km (39 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clearwater County
Asotin County, WA 82 km (51 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Asotin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 9 km ESE of Princeton, Idaho
  2. 1.7 4 km E of Uniontown, Washington
  3. 2.3 5 km SSW of Moscow, Idaho
  4. 1.7 6 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  5. 2.2 8 km SW of Potlatch, Idaho
  6. 1.6 10 km ESE of Moscow, Idaho
  7. 1.9 7 km WSW of Deary, Idaho
  8. 1.9 7 km ENE of Troy, Idaho
  9. 2.1 6 km N of Onaway, Idaho
  10. 2.1 7 km SSW of Orofino, Idaho
  11. 1.8 8 km W of Troy, Idaho
  12. 1.8 6 km SSW of Genesee, Idaho
  13. 1.6 6 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  14. 1.6 5 km WNW of Genesee, Idaho
  15. 1.6 2 km N of Elk River, 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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