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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

24 km ENE of Baker City, Oregon

· 12 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Baker County 21 kmUnion County 62 kmWashington County 74 kmAdams County 85 kmWallowa County 87 kmPayette County 114 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 2.6 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Baker County, 21 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 519 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 70,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 50,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 44.8553, -117.5405. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Baker County, OR 21 km (13 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Baker County
Union County, OR 62 km (38 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Union County
Washington County, ID 74 km (46 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Adams County, ID 85 km (53 mi) W of here earthquakes near Adams County
Wallowa County, OR 87 km (54 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Wallowa County
Payette County, ID 114 km (71 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Payette County

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

Aftershocks so far

24 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 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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