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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

14 km NNE of Brogan, Oregon

· 6.9 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Baker County 42 kmWashington County 53 kmPayette County 69 kmGem County 90 kmAdams County 97 kmCanyon County 101 kmUnion County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
6.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Baker County, 42 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 96 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 33 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 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 44.3650, -117.4523. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Baker County, OR 42 km (26 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Baker County
Washington County, ID 53 km (33 mi) W of here earthquakes near Washington County
Payette County, ID 69 km (43 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Payette County
Gem County, ID 90 km (56 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Gem County
Adams County, ID 97 km (60 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Adams County
Canyon County, ID 101 km (63 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Canyon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 25 km NW of Huntington, Oregon
  2. 2.1 11 km NE of Harper, 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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