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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8ml

7 km SSE of Haines, Oregon

· 19 km deep · released about 530 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Baker County 23 kmUnion County 51 kmGrant County 97 kmWashington County 98 kmWallowa County 99 kmUmatilla County 105 kmAdams County 113 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 2.8 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Baker County, 23 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3600 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 530 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 29,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 20,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 530 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 44.8540, -117.8953. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Baker County, OR 23 km (14 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Baker County
Union County, OR 51 km (32 mi) S of here earthquakes near Union County
Grant County, OR 97 km (60 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Grant County
Washington County, ID 98 km (61 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Wallowa County, OR 99 km (62 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Wallowa County
Umatilla County, OR 105 km (65 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Umatilla County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 2 km NNW of North Powder, Oregon
  2. 1.8 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  3. 2.0 28 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  4. 1.7 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  5. 1.7 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  6. 1.8 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  7. 2.2 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  8. 1.9 26 km SW of Richland, Oregon
  9. 1.9 26 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  10. 2.1 28 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  11. 2.1 19 km NE of Baker City, Oregon
  12. 2.6 24 km ENE of Baker City, Oregon
  13. 1.8 29 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  14. 2.4 17 km SE of Baker City, Oregon
  15. 1.8 27 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon

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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