Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- -0.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Baker County, 24 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 171 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 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 790,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 70× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 44.5518, -117.4705. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County, OR | 24 km (15 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Baker County |
| Washington County, ID | 55 km (34 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Payette County, ID | 84 km (52 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Payette County |
| Adams County, ID | 88 km (54 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Adams County |
| Union County, OR | 93 km (58 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Union County |
| Gem County, ID | 101 km (63 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Gem County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 2.0 14 km NNE of Brogan, Oregon
- 2.0 28 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 1.7 27 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 2.1 24 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
- 1.7 25 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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