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M 2.7ml

16 km SE of Deary, Idaho

· 10 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Latah County 28 kmNez Perce County 47 kmLewis County 50 kmClearwater County 58 kmBenewah County 61 kmShoshone County 84 kmAsotin County 84 kmWhitman County 88 kmGarfield County 90 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Latah County, 28 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2370 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 46.6882, -116.4178. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Latah County, ID 28 km (17 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 50 km (31 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Clearwater County, ID 58 km (36 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clearwater County
Benewah County, ID 61 km (38 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Benewah County
Shoshone County, ID 84 km (52 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Shoshone County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 9 km ESE of Princeton, Idaho
  2. 1.7 6 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  3. 1.6 10 km ESE of Moscow, Idaho
  4. 1.9 7 km WSW of Deary, Idaho
  5. 1.9 7 km ENE of Troy, Idaho
  6. 2.1 6 km N of Onaway, Idaho
  7. 2.1 7 km SSW of Orofino, Idaho
  8. 1.8 8 km W of Troy, Idaho
  9. 1.8 6 km SSW of Genesee, Idaho
  10. 1.6 6 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  11. 1.6 2 km N of Elk River, Idaho
  12. 2.3 11 km WNW of Deary, Idaho
  13. 1.6 6 km N of Genesee, Idaho
  14. 1.6 7 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  15. 2.4 7 km NE of Bovill, 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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