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quarry blast · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

16 km ESE of Dillon, Montana

· -2.0 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Beaverhead County 36 kmMadison County 44 kmSilver Bow County 82 kmClark County 99 kmGallatin County 106 kmJefferson County 109 kmDeer Lodge County 116 kmLemhi County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-2.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Beaverhead County, 36 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3082 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as quarry blast, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 45.1780, -112.4325. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Beaverhead County, MT 36 km (23 mi) E of here earthquakes near Beaverhead County
Madison County, MT 44 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Madison County
Silver Bow County, MT 82 km (51 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Silver Bow County
Clark County, ID 99 km (61 mi) N of here earthquakes near Clark County
Gallatin County, MT 106 km (66 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Gallatin County
Jefferson County, MT 109 km (68 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 17 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  2. 1.8 7 km W of Sheridan, Montana
  3. 1.5 18 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  4. 2.7 23 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  5. 1.6 23 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  6. 2.6 16 km NE of Lima, Montana
  7. 1.7 17 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  8. 1.6 24 km SSW of Virginia City, Montana
  9. 2.0 28 km SW of Dillon, Montana
  10. 1.6 16 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  11. 2.8 Western Montana
  12. 1.5 17 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  13. 1.8 20 km NW of Lima, Montana
  14. 1.8 17 km NNE of Dillon, Montana
  15. 2.1 26 km S of Virginia City, Montana

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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