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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Jackson, WY
No earthquake was likely felt in Jackson in the 24 hours to 9:10 am MST (16:10 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 42 km (26 mi) south-southwest of Jackson, WY, at 8:03 am MDT on 18 April 2020 (14:03 UTC), 6.0 km deep.
USGS: 11 km ESE of Alpine, Wyoming
- When
- 8:03 am MDT on 18 April 2020 ()
- Where
- 42 km (26 mi) south-southwest of Jackson, WY · earthquakes near Jackson
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Caribou County, 64 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Grand Valley fault, 7 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 2398 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Jackson, 42 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Star Valley Ranch, Hoback.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 10 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 92× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 46,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 4 km SSE of Auburn, Wyoming · 40 km S of this epicentre
- 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 35 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 46 km WSW 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 43.1150, -110.8957. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou County, ID | 64 km (40 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Bonneville County, ID | 67 km (41 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Bonneville County |
| Teton County, ID | 76 km (47 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Sublette County, WY | 89 km (55 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Sublette County |
| Madison County, ID | 97 km (60 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Madison County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 99 km (61 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 12 km E of Jackson, Wyoming
- 1.7 8 km NW of Alpine Northwest, Wyoming
- 2.2 Wyoming
- 2.3 7 km E of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 2.2 7 km E of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 1.6 8 km E of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 1.9 10 km E of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 1.5 12 km ESE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 2.0 8 km ESE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 1.7 10 km SW of Hoback, Wyoming
- 1.6 31 km WNW of Freedom, Idaho
- 1.5 4 km SSE of Hoback, Wyoming
- 1.5 13 km SSW of Hoback, Wyoming
- 1.6 2 km E of Jackson, Wyoming
- 1.7 7 km ESE of Hoback, 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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