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M 1.7ml

27 km S of Clayton, Idaho

· 3.5 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Custer County 32 kmCamas County 63 kmBlaine County 79 kmBoise County 103 kmButte County 107 kmElmore County 108 kmLemhi County 111 kmLincoln County 116 kmGooding County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
3.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Custer County, 32 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2966 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 11 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 44.0120, -114.4322. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Custer County, ID 32 km (20 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Custer County
Camas County, ID 63 km (39 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Camas County
Blaine County, ID 79 km (49 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Boise County, ID 103 km (64 mi) E of here earthquakes near Boise County
Butte County, ID 107 km (66 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Elmore County, ID 108 km (67 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Elmore County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 14 km SE of Challis, Idaho
  2. 1.9 16 km SE of Challis, Idaho
  3. 2.4 17 km SSE of Clayton, Idaho
  4. 2.8 13 km SSE of Clayton, Idaho
  5. 1.8 25 km SSW of Clayton, Idaho
  6. 1.5 35 km NW of Mackay, Idaho
  7. 2.4 25 km SSW of Clayton, Idaho
  8. 1.7 24 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  9. 2.1 8 km SE of Clayton, Idaho
  10. 1.8 28 km NW of Mackay, Idaho
  11. 1.5 11 km W of Clayton, Idaho
  12. 1.6 11 km W of Clayton, Idaho
  13. 1.7 southern Idaho
  14. 1.8 15 km SSE of Clayton, Idaho
  15. 2.4 20 km SE of Challis, 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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