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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Deer Lodge, MT
No earthquake was likely felt in Deer Lodge in the 24 hours to 7:54 am MST (14:54 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 33 km (20 mi) N, at 11:22 am MST on 9 December 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Deer Lodge
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 49 km (31 mi) northwest of Deer Lodge, MT, at 11:59 am MDT on 30 June 2021 (17:59 UTC), 6.7 km deep.
USGS: 6 km W of Drummond, Montana
- When
- 11:59 am MDT on 30 June 2021 ()
- Where
- 49 km (31 mi) northwest of Deer Lodge, MT · earthquakes near Deer Lodge
- Montana today
- every earthquake in Montana in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Powell County, 30 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1962 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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Deer Lodge, 49 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.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 730,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 65× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 46.6722, -113.2315. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell County, MT | 30 km (19 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Powell County |
| Granite County, MT | 34 km (21 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Granite County |
| Missoula County, MT | 64 km (40 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Missoula County |
| Deer Lodge County, MT | 65 km (40 mi) | S | earthquakes near Deer Lodge County |
| Lewis and Clark County, MT | 82 km (51 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Lewis and Clark County |
| Ravalli County, MT | 94 km (59 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Ravalli County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 7 km NNW of Ovando, Montana
- 1.2 22 km SW of Ovando, Montana
- 1.2 17 km WNW of Lincoln, Montana
- 3.1 5 km NW of Ovando, Montana
- 1.7 16 km W of Lincoln, Montana
- 3.2 12 km NNW of Avon, Montana
- 1.6 12 km N of Garrison, Montana
- 2.9 22 km WSW of Ovando, Montana
- 2.3 17 km S of Lincoln, Montana
- 2.1 17 km S of Lincoln, Montana
- 2.4 10 km S of Ovando, Montana
- 1.8 17 km ENE of Drummond, Montana
- 2.3 16 km ENE of Drummond, Montana
- 1.9 7 km WSW of Drummond, Montana
- 1.6 15 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
- 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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