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M 1.8ml

15 km NE of Dillon, Montana

· 5.5 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Beaverhead County 37 kmMadison County 46 kmSilver Bow County 66 kmJefferson County 96 kmDeer Lodge County 100 kmGallatin County 106 kmClark County 115 kmLemhi County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Beaverhead County, 37 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1995 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 730,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 65× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 45.3163, -112.4967. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Beaverhead County, MT 37 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Beaverhead County
Madison County, MT 46 km (28 mi) W of here earthquakes near Madison County
Silver Bow County, MT 66 km (41 mi) S of here earthquakes near Silver Bow County
Jefferson County, MT 96 km (60 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Deer Lodge County, MT 100 km (62 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Deer Lodge County
Gallatin County, MT 106 km (66 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Gallatin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 13 km N of Dillon, Montana
  2. 1.7 29 km SSW of Dillon, Montana
  3. 1.5 38 km SSW of Virginia City, Montana
  4. 1.6 17 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  5. 1.5 16 km E of Dillon, Montana
  6. 1.6 17 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  7. 1.5 19 km N of Dillon, Montana
  8. 1.5 30 km W of Dillon, Montana
  9. 1.6 18 km NNE of Dillon, Montana
  10. 2.1 27 km W of Dillon, Montana
  11. 1.7 18 km NNE of Dillon, Montana
  12. 2.3 17 km N of Dillon, Montana
  13. 1.6 17 km W of Pony, Montana
  14. 1.6 17 km ESE of Dillon, Montana
  15. 1.7 10 km SW of Twin Bridges, 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.

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