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M 2.1ml

23 km WNW of Mackay, Idaho

· 7.0 km deep · released about 38 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Custer County 42 kmButte County 67 kmBlaine County 68 kmCamas County 91 kmLemhi County 103 kmLincoln County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Custer County, 42 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2127 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 38 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 390,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 280,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 25× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 38 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 44.0037, -113.8800. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Custer County, ID 42 km (26 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Custer County
Butte County, ID 67 km (41 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Blaine County, ID 68 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Camas County, ID 91 km (56 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Camas County
Lemhi County, ID 103 km (64 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lemhi County
Lincoln County, ID 115 km (71 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lincoln County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 4.3 24 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  2. 1.7 15 km SE of Challis, Idaho
  3. 1.6 26 km N of Mackay, Idaho
  4. 2.2 28 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  5. 1.6 41 km NNW of Mackay, Idaho
  6. 1.7 15 km SSE of Challis, Idaho
  7. 2.4 15 km SE of Challis, Idaho
  8. 1.5 17 km SE of Challis, Idaho
  9. 1.6 33 km ESE of Clayton, Idaho
  10. 2.0 24 km SE of Challis, Idaho
  11. 1.9 34 km ESE of Clayton, Idaho
  12. 1.9 29 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  13. 1.9 32 km NW of Mackay, Idaho
  14. 1.7 24 km SE of Challis, Idaho
  15. 1.7 southern 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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