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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Osburn, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in Osburn in the 24 hours to 2:30 pm PST (22:30 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 2.4 earthquake was recorded 15 km (10 mi) east-southeast of Osburn, ID, at 7:14 pm PDT on 28 March 2024 (02:14 UTC), 1.0 km deep.

USGS: 1 km SSW of Mullan, Idaho

7:14 pm PDT, Mar 28, 2024 · · 1.0 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shoshone County 14 kmSanders County 57 kmMineral County 66 kmBenewah County 68 kmKootenai County 71 kmClearwater County 88 kmLatah County 100 kmBonner County 114 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
7:14 pm PDT on 28 March 2024 ()
Where
15 km (10 mi) east-southeast of Osburn, ID · earthquakes near Osburn
Idaho today
every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
1.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shoshone County, 14 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 893 days ago

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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Osburn, 15 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 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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

Epicentre 47.4601, -115.8073. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Shoshone County, ID 14 km (9 mi) SSW earthquakes near Shoshone County
Sanders County, MT 57 km (36 mi) NE earthquakes near Sanders County
Mineral County, MT 66 km (41 mi) ESE earthquakes near Mineral County
Benewah County, ID 68 km (42 mi) WSW earthquakes near Benewah County
Kootenai County, ID 71 km (44 mi) WNW earthquakes near Kootenai County
Clearwater County, ID 88 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

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

  1. 1.0 1 km WSW of Wallace, Idaho
  2. 2.3 3 km WSW of Wallace, Idaho
  3. 1.6 2 km SSE of Osburn, Idaho
  4. 2.3 1 km E of Mullan, Idaho
  5. 1.6 0 km ENE of Mullan, Idaho
  6. 3.3 2 km NNW of Mullan, Idaho
  7. 1.6 1 km E of Mullan, Idaho
  8. 2.4 20 km N of Kellogg, Idaho
  9. 2.1 19 km N of Kellogg, Idaho
  10. 1.9 0 km SE of Mullan, Idaho
  11. 1.9 19 km N of Kellogg, Idaho
  12. 1.7 1 km E of Mullan, Idaho
  13. 1.6 0 km E of Mullan, Idaho
  14. 2.0 1 km SE of Mullan, Idaho
  15. 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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