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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Hoback, WY

No earthquake was likely felt in Hoback in the 24 hours to 2:29 pm MST (21:29 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 5 km (3 mi) E, at 6:18 pm MST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Hoback

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) southwest of Hoback, WY, at 2:43 am MDT on 10 June 2022 (08:43 UTC), 3.6 km deep.

USGS: 10 km SW of Hoback, Wyoming

2:43 am MDT, Jun 10, 2022 · · 3.6 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Bonneville County 65 kmTeton County 67 kmCaribou County 73 kmMadison County 91 kmSublette County 91 kmTeton County 100 kmBear Lake County 109 kmLincoln County 110 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
2:43 am MDT on 10 June 2022 ()
Where
10 km (6 mi) southwest of Hoback, WY · earthquakes near Hoback
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
3.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Bonneville County, 65 km WNW
Nearest mapped fault
Grand Valley fault, 11 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1615 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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Hoback, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.

Likely felt in: Hoback 10 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 4.8 on 2016-08-27 — about 42,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 42 km WSW 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 43.2092, -110.8653. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Bonneville County, ID 65 km (40 mi) WNW earthquakes near Bonneville County
Teton County, ID 67 km (42 mi) NNW earthquakes near Teton County
Caribou County, ID 73 km (45 mi) SW earthquakes near Caribou County
Madison County, ID 91 km (56 mi) NW earthquakes near Madison County
Sublette County, WY 91 km (57 mi) ESE earthquakes near Sublette County
Teton County, WY 100 km (62 mi) NNE earthquakes near Teton County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8 km S of Hoback, Wyoming
  2. 1.9 5 km NNW of Hoback, Wyoming
  3. 1.7 5 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming
  4. 1.7 Wyoming
  5. 1.7 6 km NW of Bondurant, Wyoming
  6. 2.0 19 km ENE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  7. 2.8 18 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  8. 1.7 Wyoming
  9. 2.3 5 km S of Alpine, Wyoming
  10. 2.3 4 km WNW of Bondurant, Wyoming
  11. 2.1 10 km WSW of Bondurant, Wyoming
  12. 1.6 Wyoming
  13. 1.8 4 km W of Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
  14. 1.8 2 km NNE of Freedom, Idaho
  15. 1.6 8 km S of Victor, 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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