QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

38 km WSW of Augusta, Montana

· 28 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lewis and Clark County 47 kmPowell County 60 kmTeton County 66 kmMissoula County 86 kmLake County 95 kmPondera County 106 kmCascade County 115 kmGranite 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
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
28 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lewis and Clark County, 47 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2206 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 8.7 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 47.3795, -112.8773. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lewis and Clark County, MT 47 km (29 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lewis and Clark County
Powell County, MT 60 km (37 mi) N of here earthquakes near Powell County
Teton County, MT 66 km (41 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Teton County
Missoula County, MT 86 km (54 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Missoula County
Lake County, MT 95 km (59 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pondera County, MT 106 km (66 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pondera County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 26 km ESE of Condon, Montana
  2. 2.3 13 km ESE of Ovando, Montana
  3. 2.1 16 km ESE of Ovando, Montana
  4. 2.8 17 km ESE of Ovando, Montana
  5. 1.8 12 km SE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  6. 2.0 25 km NE of Ovando, Montana
  7. 1.9 13 km WNW of Ovando, Montana
  8. 2.7 26 km WSW of Augusta, Montana
  9. 1.8 16 km ESE of Ovando, Montana
  10. 1.7 16 km ESE of Ovando, Montana
  11. 1.8 25 km W of Augusta, Montana
  12. 1.6 36 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  13. 2.4 37 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  14. 1.5 8 km WNW of Lincoln, Montana
  15. 1.7 8 km WNW of Lincoln, Montana

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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.