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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Jackson, WY
No earthquake was likely felt in Jackson in the 24 hours to 6:34 am MST (13:34 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 23 km (14 mi) S, at 6:18 pm MST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Jackson
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) east of Jackson, WY, at 2:54 pm MDT on 6 August 2018 (20:54 UTC), 6.0 km deep.
USGS: 26 km NNE of Bondurant, Wyoming
- When
- 2:54 pm MDT on 6 August 2018 ()
- Where
- 43 km (27 mi) east of Jackson, WY · earthquakes near Jackson
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Teton County, 73 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3019 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Jackson, 43 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 68,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 20 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming · 21 km NNW 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 43.4103, -110.2360. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teton County, WY | 73 km (45 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Sublette County, WY | 76 km (47 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sublette County |
| Teton County, ID | 88 km (55 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Bonneville County, ID | 112 km (70 mi) | W | earthquakes near Bonneville County |
| Madison County, ID | 122 km (76 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Madison County |
| Caribou County, ID | 127 km (79 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 12 km NE of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.9 9 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.5 32 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.0 11 km WSW of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.9 9 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 2.2 11 km E of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.5 33 km SSW of Dubois, Wyoming
- 2.0 29 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.5 17 km ENE of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.8 33 km SSW of Dubois, Wyoming
- 1.6 24 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.9 36 km NE of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 2.1 7 km SSE of Hoback, Wyoming
- 1.5 14 km NE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.9 32 km ESE of Kelly, 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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