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M 2.4ml

16 km E of Richland, Oregon

· 9.4 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 36 kmAdams County 42 kmBaker County 58 kmPayette County 84 kmGem County 88 kmWallowa County 96 kmUnion County 103 kmValley County 106 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
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
9.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Washington County, 36 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 523 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 44.7472, -116.9565. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, ID 36 km (22 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Adams County, ID 42 km (26 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Adams County
Baker County, OR 58 km (36 mi) E of here earthquakes near Baker County
Payette County, ID 84 km (52 mi) N of here earthquakes near Payette County
Gem County, ID 88 km (55 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Gem County
Wallowa County, OR 96 km (60 mi) S of here earthquakes near Wallowa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  2. 2.1 24 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  3. 1.7 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  4. 1.8 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  5. 2.3 9 km E of Halfway, Oregon
  6. 2.2 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  7. 1.6 23 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  8. 1.7 24 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  9. 2.1 17 km NNW of Halfway, Oregon
  10. 1.9 22 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  11. 1.7 23 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  12. 1.6 24 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  13. 1.9 26 km SW of Richland, Oregon
  14. 1.9 26 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  15. 1.5 24 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon

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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