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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Baker City, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Baker City in the 24 hours to 12:09 am PST (08:09 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 83 km (51 mi) NE, at 11:42 pm PST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 134 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Baker City
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) southeast of Baker City, OR, at 1:41 am PST on 8 January 2024 (09:41 UTC), 7.2 km deep.
USGS: 17 km SE of Baker City, Oregon
- When
- 1:41 am PST on 8 January 2024 ()
- Where
- 17 km (11 mi) southeast of Baker City, OR · earthquakes near Baker City
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Baker County, 6 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- West Baker Valley fault, 9 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 971 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Baker City, 17 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Baker City 17 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 160 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 95,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 68,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 160 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 44.6527, -117.7048. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County, OR | 6 km (4 mi) | N | earthquakes near Baker County |
| Washington County, ID | 75 km (47 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Union County, OR | 76 km (47 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Union County |
| Adams County, ID | 101 km (63 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Adams County |
| Payette County, ID | 105 km (65 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Payette County |
| Grant County, OR | 105 km (65 mi) | W | earthquakes near Grant County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
34 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 26 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 1.6 27 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
- 2.1 29 km SW of Richland, Oregon
- 2.0 2 km NNW of North Powder, Oregon
- 1.8 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 2.0 14 km NNE of Brogan, Oregon
- 2.0 28 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 1.7 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 2.1 24 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 1.7 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 1.8 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 2.2 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 1.6 23 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
- 1.7 24 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
- 1.9 22 km NNW 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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