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M 3.0ml

8 km WSW of Richland, Oregon

· 9.2 km deep · released about 1,100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Baker County 34 kmWashington County 49 kmAdams County 66 kmUnion County 85 kmPayette County 92 kmWallowa County 95 kmGem County 102 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
9.2 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Baker County, 34 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 759 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 1,100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 10,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 1,100 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 44.7390, -117.2698. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Baker County, OR 34 km (21 mi) E of here earthquakes near Baker County
Washington County, ID 49 km (31 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Adams County, ID 66 km (41 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Adams County
Union County, OR 85 km (53 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Union County
Payette County, ID 92 km (57 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Payette County
Wallowa County, OR 95 km (59 mi) S of here earthquakes near Wallowa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  2. 2.0 14 km NNE of Brogan, Oregon
  3. 2.0 28 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  4. 1.7 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  5. 2.1 24 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  6. 1.7 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  7. 1.8 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  8. 2.3 9 km E of Halfway, Oregon
  9. 2.2 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  10. 1.6 23 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  11. 1.7 24 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  12. 2.1 17 km NNW of Halfway, Oregon
  13. 1.9 22 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  14. 1.7 23 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  15. 1.6 24 km NW of Huntington, 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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