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M 2.6ml

26 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho

· 5.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Adams County 27 kmWallowa County 73 kmWashington County 76 kmValley County 79 kmBaker County 100 kmUnion County 115 kmGem County 117 kmIdaho County 118 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 2.6 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Adams County, 27 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3216 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 45.1063, -116.5555. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Adams County, ID 27 km (16 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Adams County
Wallowa County, OR 73 km (46 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Wallowa County
Washington County, ID 76 km (47 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Valley County, ID 79 km (49 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Valley County
Baker County, OR 100 km (62 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Baker County
Union County, OR 115 km (72 mi) E of here earthquakes near Union County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 9 km E of Halfway, Oregon
  2. 1.9 17 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho
  3. 2.2 11 km ESE of Halfway, Oregon
  4. 1.5 20 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho
  5. 2.0 17 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho
  6. 2.4 21 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho
  7. 2.3 13 km NNW of New Meadows, Idaho
  8. 1.9 23 km ESE of Halfway, Oregon
  9. 2.3 19 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho
  10. 2.0 33 km NE of Halfway, Oregon
  11. 2.8 8 km S of McCall, Idaho
  12. 2.2 7 km S of McCall, Idaho
  13. 2.1 9 km S of McCall, Idaho
  14. 2.1 8 km SSE of McCall, Idaho
  15. 2.1 8 km SSE of McCall, 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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