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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

4 km N of Rockford Bay, Idaho

· -0.8 km deep · released about 8.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kootenai County 20 kmSpokane County 39 kmBenewah County 41 kmShoshone County 79 kmLatah County 82 kmWhitman County 86 kmBonner County 89 kmPend Oreille County 114 kmLincoln County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kootenai County, 20 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 790 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 8.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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 47.5477, -116.8880. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Kootenai County, ID 20 km (13 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Kootenai County
Spokane County, WA 39 km (25 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Spokane County
Benewah County, ID 41 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Benewah County
Shoshone County, ID 79 km (49 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Shoshone County
Latah County, ID 82 km (51 mi) N of here earthquakes near Latah County
Whitman County, WA 86 km (54 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Whitman County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km NE of Fairwood, Washington
  2. 2.1 4 km NW of Rockford Bay, Idaho
  3. 2.2 2 km NW of Mead, Washington
  4. 1.8 7 km SSW of Tekoa, Washington
  5. 1.8 6 km SSW of Athol, Idaho
  6. 1.6 7 km SSE of Saint Maries, Idaho
  7. 1.7 6 km SE of Spangle, Washington
  8. 1.6 3 km ESE of Veradale, Washington
  9. 1.7 4 km SSW of Liberty Lake, Washington
  10. 1.6 13 km SSE of Liberty Lake, Washington
  11. 2.0 3 km N of Harrison, Idaho
  12. 1.8 2 km NNE of Fairwood, Washington
  13. 2.3 2 km NNE of Fairwood, Washington
  14. 2.1 10 km SSW of Saint Maries, Idaho
  15. 1.9 4 km SSE of Saint Maries, Idaho

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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