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M 2.0ml

4 km E of Peck, Idaho

· 9.2 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lewis County 28 kmNez Perce County 34 kmLatah County 47 kmClearwater County 59 kmAsotin County 74 kmBenewah County 84 kmGarfield County 90 kmIdaho County 99 kmWhitman County 101 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
9.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lewis County, 28 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1436 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 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 46.4826, -116.3680. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lewis County, ID 28 km (17 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Nez Perce County, ID 34 km (21 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Nez Perce County
Latah County, ID 47 km (29 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Latah County
Clearwater County, ID 59 km (36 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Clearwater County
Asotin County, WA 74 km (46 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Asotin County
Benewah County, ID 84 km (52 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Benewah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 6 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  2. 1.6 10 km ESE of Moscow, Idaho
  3. 1.9 7 km WSW of Deary, Idaho
  4. 1.9 7 km ENE of Troy, Idaho
  5. 2.1 7 km SSW of Orofino, Idaho
  6. 2.2 11 km SE of Weippe, Idaho
  7. 1.8 8 km W of Troy, Idaho
  8. 1.6 16 km SSW of Sweetwater, Idaho
  9. 1.6 6 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  10. 1.6 2 km N of Elk River, Idaho
  11. 2.3 11 km WNW of Deary, Idaho
  12. 1.6 7 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  13. 2.4 7 km NE of Bovill, Idaho
  14. 1.8 6 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  15. 2.4 Northern 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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