Earthquake near McCall, ID

USGS: 5 km NNW of New Meadows, Idaho

12:50 pm MDT, Oct 6, 2022 · 2022-10-06 18:50 UTC · 8.1 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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When: 12:50 pm MDT on 6 October 2022 (2022-10-06 18:50 UTC)
Where: 21 km (13 mi) WNW of McCall, ID · earthquakes near McCall
Magnitude: M 1.8 (ml)
Depth: 8.1 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Adams County, 19 km SW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1392 days ago · we first saw it 1392 days ago

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) WNW of McCall, ID, at 12:50 pm MDT on 6 October 2022 (18:50 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

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Epicentre 45.0128, -116.3167. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Adams County, ID	19 km (12 mi)	SW	earthquakes near Adams County
Valley County, ID	58 km (36 mi)	ESE	earthquakes near Valley County
Washington County, ID	73 km (46 mi)	SSW	earthquakes near Washington County
Wallowa County, OR	94 km (58 mi)	NW	earthquakes near Wallowa County
Gem County, ID	106 km (66 mi)	S	earthquakes near Gem County
Baker County, OR	114 km (71 mi)	WSW	earthquakes near Baker County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.9 17 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho 13:24 UTC
1.5 20 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho 09:10 UTC
2.0 17 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho 07:24 UTC
2.4 21 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho 05:58 UTC
2.3 13 km NNW of New Meadows, Idaho 13:49 UTC
1.9 23 km ESE of Halfway, Oregon 21:39 UTC
1.6 15 km ENE of Donnelly, Idaho 02:09 UTC
1.5 14 km ENE of Donnelly, Idaho 22:52 UTC
3.0 14 km ENE of Donnelly, Idaho 02:44 UTC
2.3 19 km NW of New Meadows, Idaho 09:21 UTC
1.9 12 km ENE of Donnelly, Idaho 02:59 UTC
2.0 33 km NE of Halfway, Oregon 12:49 UTC
2.8 8 km S of McCall, Idaho 15:13 UTC
2.2 7 km S of McCall, Idaho 03:30 UTC
2.1 9 km S of McCall, Idaho 03:35 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 02:08 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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