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M 2.2ml

26 km ENE of Bellevue, Idaho

· 3.0 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Blaine County 20 kmButte County 65 kmCamas County 65 kmLincoln County 66 kmCuster County 81 kmMinidoka County 84 kmGooding County 96 kmJerome County 101 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
3.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Blaine County, 20 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3632 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 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 43.5712, -113.9673. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Blaine County, ID 20 km (12 mi) N of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Butte County, ID 65 km (40 mi) W of here earthquakes near Butte County
Camas County, ID 65 km (41 mi) E of here earthquakes near Camas County
Lincoln County, ID 66 km (41 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Custer County, ID 81 km (51 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Custer County
Minidoka County, ID 84 km (52 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Minidoka County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 27 km ENE of Bellevue, Idaho
  2. 2.4 26 km ENE of Bellevue, Idaho
  3. 2.0 25 km N of Sun Valley, Idaho
  4. 1.6 10 km WSW of Mackay, Idaho
  5. 1.6 10 km W of Mackay, Idaho
  6. 1.9 22 km NNE of Sun Valley, Idaho
  7. 2.1 23 km WNW of Mackay, Idaho
  8. 2.7 11 km WNW of Mackay, Idaho
  9. 1.8 6 km SSW of Mackay, Idaho
  10. 2.4 4 km W of Mackay, Idaho
  11. 2.2 12 km NW of Mackay, Idaho
  12. 1.8 5 km W of Mackay, Idaho
  13. 1.6 5 km W of Mackay, Idaho
  14. 1.8 6 km W of Mackay, Idaho
  15. 1.9 7 km WSW of Mackay, 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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