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M 2.4ml

12 km N of Shaniko, Oregon

· 20 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wasco County 32 kmSherman County 32 kmGilliam County 48 kmJefferson County 62 kmWheeler County 72 kmHood River County 82 kmKlickitat County 84 kmMorrow County 97 kmCrook County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Wasco County, 32 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2134 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 130 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 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 45.1178, -120.7648. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wasco County, OR 32 km (20 mi) E of here earthquakes near Wasco County
Sherman County, OR 32 km (20 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Sherman County
Gilliam County, OR 48 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Gilliam County
Jefferson County, OR 62 km (38 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Wheeler County, OR 72 km (45 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Wheeler County
Hood River County, OR 82 km (51 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Hood River 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.

  1. 1.7 8 km SE of Wasco, Oregon
  2. 1.5 5 km ESE of Dufur, Oregon
  3. 1.6 1 km E of Moro, Oregon
  4. 1.6 17 km SSW of Grass Valley, Oregon
  5. 1.5 11 km SSE of Pine Grove, Oregon
  6. 1.7 5 km ESE of Pine Grove, Oregon
  7. 1.6 11 km SSE of Maupin, Oregon
  8. 1.8 15 km NNW of Shaniko, Oregon
  9. 2.1 13 km NNW of Shaniko, 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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