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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Conda, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in Conda in the 24 hours to 8:30 am MST (15:30 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 13 km (8 mi) SE, at 10:47 am MDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Conda

This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 39 km (24 mi) north-northeast of Conda, ID, at 9:28 pm MDT on 22 May 2022 (03:28 UTC), 3.4 km deep.

USGS: 31 km WNW of Freedom, Idaho

9:28 pm MDT, May 22, 2022 · · 3.4 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Caribou County 33 kmBonneville County 40 kmBannock County 78 kmTeton County 79 kmBingham County 81 kmMadison County 83 kmBear Lake County 87 kmFranklin County 105 kmJefferson County 109 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
9:28 pm MDT on 22 May 2022 ()
Where
39 km (24 mi) north-northeast of Conda, ID · earthquakes near Conda
Idaho today
every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
3.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Caribou County, 33 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1633 days ago

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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Conda, 39 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 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.3 on 2017-09-02 — about 340,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 4 km SSE of Auburn, Wyoming · 49 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 12 km SE of this epicentre
  3. 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 16 km S of this epicentre

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 43.0653, -111.4187. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Caribou County, ID 33 km (20 mi) SSW earthquakes near Caribou County
Bonneville County, ID 40 km (25 mi) NNW earthquakes near Bonneville County
Bannock County, ID 78 km (48 mi) WSW earthquakes near Bannock County
Teton County, ID 79 km (49 mi) NNE earthquakes near Teton County
Bingham County, ID 81 km (51 mi) WNW earthquakes near Bingham County
Madison County, ID 83 km (51 mi) NNW earthquakes near Madison County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 8 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  2. 2.6 18 km WNW of Auburn, Wyoming
  3. 2.1 7 km ESE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
  4. 2.7 15 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming
  5. 2.5 14 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
  6. 2.5 13 km NNE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  7. 1.7 Wyoming
  8. 2.0 34 km NNE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  9. 2.3 5 km S of Alpine, Wyoming
  10. 1.7 33 km NNE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  11. 1.8 34 km W of Freedom, Idaho
  12. 2.1 34 km NNE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  13. 2.7 34 km NNE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  14. 2.7 36 km NNE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  15. 1.8 34 km NNE of Soda Springs, 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.

On USGS

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