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M 2.7ml

12 km WSW of Lostine, Oregon

· 6.6 km deep · released about 310 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wallowa County 35 kmUnion County 37 kmBaker County 81 kmAsotin County 88 kmUmatilla County 93 kmColumbia County 100 kmAdams County 106 kmGarfield County 112 kmWalla Walla County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
6.6 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Wallowa County, 35 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1944 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 310 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 50,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 35,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 310 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 45.4260, -117.5617. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wallowa County, OR 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Wallowa County
Union County, OR 37 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Union County
Baker County, OR 81 km (50 mi) N of here earthquakes near Baker County
Asotin County, WA 88 km (55 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Asotin County
Umatilla County, OR 93 km (58 mi) E of here earthquakes near Umatilla County
Columbia County, WA 100 km (62 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Columbia County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 3 km SSE of Wallowa, Oregon
  2. 1.5 22 km NNE of Elgin, Oregon
  3. 1.6 13 km SW of Lostine, Oregon
  4. 1.8 10 km SE of La Grande, Oregon
  5. 1.6 21 km ESE of Cove, Oregon
  6. 2.7 6 km NNW of Summerville, Oregon
  7. 2.0 15 km WSW of Lostine, Oregon
  8. 1.6 14 km NE of Cove, Oregon
  9. 2.1 17 km WSW of Lostine, Oregon
  10. 2.0 15 km WSW of Lostine, Oregon
  11. 1.5 17 km WSW of Lostine, Oregon
  12. 1.8 16 km WSW of Lostine, Oregon
  13. 1.8 16 km WSW of Lostine, Oregon
  14. 2.2 15 km WSW of Lostine, 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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