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M 2.1ml

12 km W of Wilson, Wyoming

· 9.4 km deep · released about 47 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 33 kmBonneville County 50 kmMadison County 60 kmTeton County 78 kmFremont County 88 kmCaribou County 90 kmJefferson County 109 kmBingham County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
9.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Teton County, 33 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2049 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 47 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 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 43.5015, -111.0252. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Teton County, ID 33 km (20 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Teton County
Bonneville County, ID 50 km (31 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Bonneville County
Madison County, ID 60 km (37 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Madison County
Teton County, WY 78 km (48 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Teton County
Fremont County, ID 88 km (55 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Fremont County
Caribou County, ID 90 km (56 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Caribou 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. 2.0 6 km N of Victor, Idaho
  2. 2.4 6 km W of Hoback, Wyoming
  3. 1.7 4 km ENE of Hoback, Wyoming
  4. 1.8 6 km ENE of Hoback, Wyoming
  5. 1.7 14 km E of Irwin, Idaho
  6. 1.5 2 km N of Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
  7. 1.8 19 km E of Jackson, Wyoming
  8. 1.7 11 km ENE of Swan Valley, Idaho
  9. 2.7 1 km NE of Driggs, Idaho
  10. 1.6 12 km E of Jackson, Wyoming
  11. 1.6 13 km E of Jackson, Wyoming
  12. 1.5 12 km E of Jackson, Wyoming
  13. 1.7 8 km NW of Alpine Northwest, Wyoming
  14. 2.2 Wyoming
  15. 2.3 7 km E of Alpine Northeast, 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.

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