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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Victor, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in Victor in the 24 hours to 9:12 am MST (16:12 UTC). The last one was M 3.9, 46 km (29 mi) ESE, at 11:07 pm MDT on 17 April 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 192 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Victor

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) east-southeast of Victor, ID, at 3:27 pm MST on 1 January 2019 (22:27 UTC), 3.0 km deep.

USGS: 6 km ESE of Victor, Idaho

3:27 pm MST, Jan 1, 2019 · · 3.0 km deep · released about 36 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 24 kmBonneville County 51 kmMadison County 55 kmTeton County 72 kmFremont County 79 kmCaribou County 97 kmJefferson County 105 kmBingham County 117 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
3:27 pm MST on 1 January 2019 ()
Where
6 km (4 mi) east-southeast of Victor, ID · earthquakes near Victor
Idaho today
every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
3.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Teton County, 24 km NW
Nearest mapped fault
Teton 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 2870 days ago

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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Victor, 6 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Wilson, Driggs, Moose Wilson Road, Jackson, Rafter J Ranch, South Park.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 36 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 27× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 36 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 43.5813, -111.0408. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Teton County, ID 24 km (15 mi) NW earthquakes near Teton County
Bonneville County, ID 51 km (32 mi) WSW earthquakes near Bonneville County
Madison County, ID 55 km (34 mi) WNW earthquakes near Madison County
Teton County, WY 72 km (45 mi) NE earthquakes near Teton County
Fremont County, ID 79 km (49 mi) NNW earthquakes near Fremont County
Caribou County, ID 97 km (61 mi) SSW earthquakes near Caribou County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 10 km SSE of Victor, Idaho
  2. 1.7 11 km ENE of Alta, Wyoming
  3. 2.3 5 km SSW of Driggs, Idaho
  4. 1.9 8 km NW of Hoback, Wyoming
  5. 1.8 6 km NNE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
  6. 2.3 3 km SSE of Jackson, Wyoming
  7. 2.1 16 km WSW of Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
  8. 2.1 7 km SE of Victor, Idaho
  9. 1.6 18 km SSE of Kelly, Wyoming
  10. 2.1 11 km WNW of Hoback, Wyoming
  11. 2.0 2 km S of Jackson, Wyoming
  12. 2.0 19 km N of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
  13. 1.9 14 km SW of Wilson, Wyoming
  14. 1.6 12 km SW of Wilson, Wyoming
  15. 1.5 6 km ESE of Victor, 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.

On USGS

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