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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1ml

10 km NNE of Sprague, Washington

· -0.6 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 42 kmSpokane County 48 kmAdams County 60 kmWhitman County 61 kmKootenai County 98 kmBenewah County 100 kmGarfield County 111 kmLatah County 111 kmStevens County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
-0.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 42 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1586 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 44 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 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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 47.3870, -117.9338. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, WA 42 km (26 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Spokane County, WA 48 km (30 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Spokane County
Adams County, WA 60 km (38 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Adams County
Whitman County, WA 61 km (38 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Whitman County
Kootenai County, ID 98 km (61 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Kootenai County
Benewah County, ID 100 km (62 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Benewah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 6 km ENE of Sprague, Washington
  2. 1.9 5 km ENE of Sprague, Washington
  3. 2.3 8 km NE of Sprague, Washington
  4. 2.5 8 km ENE of Sprague, Washington
  5. 2.0 6 km ENE of Sprague, Washington
  6. 1.9 12 km N of Reardan, Washington
  7. 2.4 7 km ENE of Sprague, Washington
  8. 1.9 4 km ENE of Ritzville, Washington
  9. 2.4 9 km NE of Sprague, Washington
  10. 2.1 9 km NNW of Airway Heights, Washington
  11. 1.7 7 km NE of Sprague, Washington
  12. 1.5 8 km ENE of Four Lakes, Washington
  13. 2.5 9 km NE of Sprague, Washington
  14. 1.6 10 km NNW of Airway Heights, Washington
  15. 2.1 5 km ENE of Sprague, 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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