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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

7 km WSW of Deary, Idaho

· -0.9 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Latah County 9 kmNez Perce County 49 kmBenewah County 50 kmLewis County 61 kmWhitman County 69 kmClearwater County 76 kmGarfield County 78 kmAsotin County 79 kmShoshone County 87 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
-0.9 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Latah County, 9 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 330 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 620,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 39× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 46.7665, -116.6473. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Latah County, ID 9 km (5 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Latah County
Nez Perce County, ID 49 km (30 mi) N of here earthquakes near Nez Perce County
Benewah County, ID 50 km (31 mi) S of here earthquakes near Benewah County
Lewis County, ID 61 km (38 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lewis County
Whitman County, WA 69 km (43 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Whitman County
Clearwater County, ID 76 km (48 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clearwater County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 5 km ENE of Pullman, Washington
  2. 2.3 9 km ESE of Princeton, Idaho
  3. 1.7 4 km E of Uniontown, Washington
  4. 2.3 4 km ENE of Pullman, 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. 2.2 2 km NE of Lewiston Orchards, Idaho
  10. 1.6 10 km ESE of Moscow, 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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