Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3ml
39 km WNW of White Bird, Idaho
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Wallowa County, 44 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3225 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 85 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 45.8651, -116.7811. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallowa County, OR | 44 km (27 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Wallowa County |
| Asotin County, WA | 49 km (31 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Asotin County |
| Lewis County, ID | 50 km (31 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Nez Perce County, ID | 52 km (32 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Nez Perce County |
| Garfield County, WA | 86 km (53 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Columbia County, WA | 99 km (62 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Columbia County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 40 km WNW of White Bird, Idaho
- 1.6 16 km SSW of Sweetwater, Idaho
- 2.9 8 km SSW of Culdesac, Idaho
- 2.7 49 km NNE of Enterprise, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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