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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4ml

31 km NNE of Lowman, Idaho

· 0.0 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Boise County 44 kmValley County 56 kmGem County 78 kmAdams County 95 kmCuster County 100 kmWashington County 103 kmPayette County 107 kmElmore County 107 kmCamas County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Boise County, 44 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1694 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 44.3552, -115.5063. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Boise County, ID 44 km (27 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Boise County
Valley County, ID 56 km (35 mi) S of here earthquakes near Valley County
Gem County, ID 78 km (49 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Gem County
Adams County, ID 95 km (59 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Adams County
Custer County, ID 100 km (62 mi) W of here earthquakes near Custer County
Washington County, ID 103 km (64 mi) E of here earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 9 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho
  2. 3.3 10 km N of Stanley, Idaho
  3. 2.4 7 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho
  4. 1.9 3 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho
  5. 1.9 20 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  6. 2.0 22 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  7. 2.0 24 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  8. 1.7 31 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
  9. 2.1 20 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  10. 2.6 32 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
  11. 2.5 13 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  12. 2.0 21 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  13. 1.8 19 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  14. 2.2 25 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
  15. 2.1 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 6.5 on 2020-03-31 — it released about 1,400,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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