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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4ml

17 km SE of Baker City, Oregon

· 22 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Baker County 5 kmWashington County 75 kmUnion County 76 kmAdams County 100 kmPayette County 104 kmGrant County 106 kmWallowa County 112 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 2.4 (ml)
Depth
22 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Baker County, 5 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 817 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 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 44.6542, -117.6952. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Baker County, OR 5 km (3 mi) S of here earthquakes near Baker County
Washington County, ID 75 km (46 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Union County, OR 76 km (47 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Union County
Adams County, ID 100 km (62 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Adams County
Payette County, ID 104 km (65 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Payette County
Grant County, OR 106 km (66 mi) E of here earthquakes near Grant 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. 2.0 2 km NNW of North Powder, Oregon
  2. 1.8 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  3. 2.0 14 km NNE of Brogan, Oregon
  4. 2.0 28 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  5. 1.7 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  6. 2.1 24 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  7. 1.7 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  8. 1.8 27 km NW of Huntington, 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. 1.9 22 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  13. 1.7 23 km NNW of Huntington, Oregon
  14. 1.6 24 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  15. 1.9 26 km SW of Richland, 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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