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M 2.1ml
Earthquake near Osburn, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Osburn in the 24 hours to 3:38 am PST (11:38 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 5 km (3 mi) SSE, at 2:46 pm PST on 3 March 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Osburn
This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) east-southeast of Osburn, ID, at 6:22 am PDT on 6 October 2022 (13:22 UTC), 1.0 km deep.
USGS: Idaho-Montana border region
- When
- 6:22 am PDT on 6 October 2022 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) east-southeast of Osburn, ID · earthquakes near Osburn
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 1.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Shoshone County, 13 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1433 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Osburn, 13 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Osburn 13 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 47.4620, -115.8340. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoshone County, ID | 13 km (8 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Shoshone County |
| Sanders County, MT | 59 km (37 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Sanders County |
| Benewah County, ID | 66 km (41 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Benewah County |
| Mineral County, MT | 67 km (42 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Mineral County |
| Kootenai County, ID | 69 km (43 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kootenai County |
| Clearwater County, ID | 89 km (55 mi) | S | earthquakes near Clearwater County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
27 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.0 1 km WSW of Wallace, Idaho
- 2.3 3 km WSW of Wallace, Idaho
- 1.6 2 km SSE of Osburn, Idaho
- 2.3 1 km E of Mullan, Idaho
- 1.6 0 km ENE of Mullan, Idaho
- 3.3 2 km NNW of Mullan, Idaho
- 1.6 1 km E of Mullan, Idaho
- 2.4 20 km N of Kellogg, Idaho
- 2.1 19 km N of Kellogg, Idaho
- 1.9 0 km SE of Mullan, Idaho
- 1.9 19 km N of Kellogg, Idaho
- 1.7 1 km E of Mullan, Idaho
- 1.6 0 km E of Mullan, Idaho
- 2.0 1 km SE of Mullan, Idaho
- 2.4 1 km NNE of Mullan, 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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