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M 1.6ml

5 km SSW of Alpine, Wyoming

· 1.4 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Caribou County 56 kmBonneville County 57 kmTeton County 73 kmMadison County 90 kmBear Lake County 96 kmSublette County 99 kmLincoln County 103 kmBannock County 108 kmBingham County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
1.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Caribou County, 56 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1886 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 7.8 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 43.1180, -111.0315. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Caribou County, ID 56 km (35 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Caribou County
Bonneville County, ID 57 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Bonneville County
Teton County, ID 73 km (45 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Teton County
Madison County, ID 90 km (56 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Madison County
Bear Lake County, ID 96 km (59 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Bear Lake County
Sublette County, WY 99 km (61 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sublette 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. 2.6 12 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  2. 2.2 11 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  3. 2.6 13 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  4. 2.4 Wyoming
  5. 2.3 11 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  6. 2.1 27 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho
  7. 3.3 10 km W of Hoback, Wyoming
  8. 2.8 7 km WSW of Hoback, Wyoming
  9. 1.9 15 km W of Freedom, Idaho
  10. 3.3 13 km W of Freedom, Idaho
  11. 2.8 13 km W of Freedom, Idaho
  12. 2.3 12 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
  13. 1.6 12 km WNW of Fairview, Wyoming
  14. 2.4 6 km W of Hoback, Wyoming
  15. 1.7 4 km ENE of Hoback, 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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