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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Hoback, WY
No earthquake was likely felt in Hoback in the 24 hours to 6:34 am MST (13:34 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 5 km (3 mi) E, at 6:18 pm MST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Hoback
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) south-southwest of Hoback, WY, at 4:57 am MST on 22 February 2018 (11:57 UTC), 1.0 km deep.
USGS: 8 km SSW of Hoback, Wyoming
- When
- 4:57 am MST on 22 February 2018 ()
- Where
- 9 km (5 mi) south-southwest of Hoback, WY · earthquakes near Hoback
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 1.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Bonneville County, 69 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Grand Valley fault, 15 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3184 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Hoback, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Hoback 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 95× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.8 on 2016-08-27 — about 48,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 46 km WSW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 43.2057, -110.8100. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville County, ID | 69 km (43 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Bonneville County |
| Teton County, ID | 70 km (43 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Caribou County, ID | 76 km (47 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Sublette County, WY | 87 km (54 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Sublette County |
| Madison County, ID | 94 km (59 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Madison County |
| Teton County, WY | 99 km (61 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Teton County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 8 km NE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 2.2 19 km WNW of Alpine Northwest, Wyoming
- 2.0 19 km S of Irwin, Idaho
- 1.9 20 km S of Irwin, Idaho
- 1.9 13 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.6 11 km SSE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.1 7 km WNW of Wilson, Wyoming
- 2.0 6 km ESE of Victor, Idaho
- 1.5 9 km NE of Irwin, Idaho
- 2.0 17 km S of Victor, Idaho
- 1.6 10 km NNW of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 2.2 5 km NE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 3.1 11 km WNW of Hoback, Wyoming
- 2.0 14 km SSE of Victor, Idaho
- 2.1 15 km SW of Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
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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