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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

2 km NE of Colfax, Washington

· -0.8 km deep · released about 31 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Whitman County 15 kmLatah County 47 kmGarfield County 54 kmBenewah County 64 kmNez Perce County 76 kmAsotin County 80 kmColumbia County 80 kmSpokane County 81 kmAdams County 90 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
-0.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Whitman County, 15 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 394 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 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 46.8950, -117.3358. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Whitman County, WA 15 km (9 mi) E of here earthquakes near Whitman County
Latah County, ID 47 km (29 mi) W of here earthquakes near Latah County
Garfield County, WA 54 km (34 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Garfield County
Benewah County, ID 64 km (40 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Benewah County
Nez Perce County, ID 76 km (47 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Nez Perce County
Asotin County, WA 80 km (50 mi) N of here earthquakes near Asotin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 5 km ENE of Pullman, Washington
  2. 1.7 4 km E of Uniontown, Washington
  3. 2.3 4 km ENE of Pullman, Washington
  4. 1.8 7 km SSW of Tekoa, Washington
  5. 2.3 5 km SSW of Moscow, Idaho
  6. 1.7 6 km WSW of Troy, Idaho
  7. 1.6 8 km SSE of Pullman, Washington
  8. 2.2 8 km SW of Potlatch, Idaho
  9. 1.8 14 km E of Pomeroy, Washington
  10. 1.6 10 km ESE of Moscow, Idaho
  11. 2.1 6 km N of Onaway, Idaho
  12. 2.1 5 km NNE of Pullman, Washington

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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