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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

6 km WNW of Chatcolet, Idaho

· -0.7 km deep · released about 47 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Benewah County 25 kmKootenai County 34 kmSpokane County 50 kmLatah County 64 kmShoshone County 72 kmWhitman County 75 kmBonner County 105 kmNez Perce County 118 kmGarfield County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
-0.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Benewah County, 25 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2088 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 47 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 47.3892, -116.8392. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Benewah County, ID 25 km (15 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Benewah County
Kootenai County, ID 34 km (21 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kootenai County
Spokane County, WA 50 km (31 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Spokane County
Latah County, ID 64 km (40 mi) N of here earthquakes near Latah County
Shoshone County, ID 72 km (45 mi) W of here earthquakes near Shoshone County
Whitman County, WA 75 km (47 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Whitman County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 4 km NW of Rockford Bay, Idaho
  2. 1.8 7 km SSW of Tekoa, Washington
  3. 1.6 7 km SSE of Saint Maries, Idaho
  4. 1.7 6 km SE of Spangle, Washington
  5. 1.6 3 km ESE of Veradale, Washington
  6. 1.7 4 km SSW of Liberty Lake, Washington
  7. 1.6 13 km SSE of Liberty Lake, Washington
  8. 2.1 6 km N of Onaway, Idaho
  9. 2.0 3 km N of Harrison, Idaho
  10. 2.1 10 km SSW of Saint Maries, Idaho
  11. 1.9 4 km SSE of Saint Maries, Idaho
  12. 2.0 4 km E of Plummer, Idaho
  13. 1.6 9 km NNE of Parkline, Idaho
  14. 1.6 4 km N of Rockford Bay, Idaho
  15. 1.9 6 km ESE of Spangle, Washington

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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