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M 2.1ml
Earthquake near La Grande, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in La Grande in the 24 hours to 10:47 pm PST (06:47 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 82 km (51 mi) E, at 11:42 pm PST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 133 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near La Grande
This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) southwest of La Grande, OR, at 3:32 pm PDT on 17 May 2019 (22:32 UTC), 7.5 km deep.
USGS: 13 km SW of La Grande, Oregon
- When
- 3:32 pm PDT on 17 May 2019 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) southwest of La Grande, OR · earthquakes near La Grande
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Union County, 17 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- West Grande Ronde Valley fault, 11 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2732 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In La Grande, 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Island City, Union.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 51 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 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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 45.2305, -118.1948. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union County, OR | 17 km (11 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Union County |
| Umatilla County, OR | 58 km (36 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Umatilla County |
| Baker County, OR | 71 km (44 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Baker County |
| Wallowa County, OR | 89 km (55 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Wallowa County |
| Grant County, OR | 104 km (65 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Grant County |
| Morrow County, OR | 112 km (70 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Morrow County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
9 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 2 km NNW of North Powder, Oregon
- 1.6 6 km WSW of La Grande, Oregon
- 1.8 10 km SE of La Grande, Oregon
- 2.1 19 km SSW of La Grande, Oregon
- 1.6 6 km NNW of Haines, Oregon
- 2.7 6 km NNW of Summerville, Oregon
- 1.6 14 km NE of Cove, Oregon
- 1.5 18 km NE of Cove, Oregon
- 1.8 2 km NNW of Summerville, 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.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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