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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

13 km SE of Stanley, Idaho

· 6.0 km deep · released about 24 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Custer County 48 kmCamas County 69 kmBoise County 73 kmElmore County 96 kmValley County 103 kmBlaine County 107 kmLemhi County 116 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
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
6.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Custer County, 48 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2512 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 24 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 640,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 450,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 40× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 24 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 44.1230, -114.8228. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Custer County, ID 48 km (30 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Custer County
Camas County, ID 69 km (43 mi) N of here earthquakes near Camas County
Boise County, ID 73 km (45 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Boise County
Elmore County, ID 96 km (60 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Elmore County
Valley County, ID 103 km (64 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Valley County
Blaine County, ID 107 km (66 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Blaine County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 18 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  2. 3.2 27 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
  3. 2.6 10 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  4. 2.7 26 km W of Stanley, Idaho
  5. 2.7 18 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
  6. 3.1 31 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
  7. 2.6 21 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
  8. 3.3 29 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
  9. 2.8 21 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  10. 2.7 27 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
  11. 3.0 southern Idaho
  12. 3.6 27 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  13. 2.6 23 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
  14. 2.7 19 km W of Stanley, Idaho
  15. 3.2 29 km NW of Stanley, 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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