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M 1.5ml

39 km NNE of Ovando, Montana

· 8.6 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lewis and Clark County 49 kmPowell County 56 kmTeton County 72 kmMissoula County 80 kmLake County 92 kmPondera County 111 kmGranite County 112 kmCascade County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
8.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lewis and Clark County, 49 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1132 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 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 47.3513, -112.9413. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lewis and Clark County, MT 49 km (31 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lewis and Clark County
Powell County, MT 56 km (35 mi) N of here earthquakes near Powell County
Teton County, MT 72 km (45 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Teton County
Missoula County, MT 80 km (50 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Missoula County
Lake County, MT 92 km (57 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pondera County, MT 111 km (69 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Pondera County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 40 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  2. 2.2 40 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  3. 1.6 40 km ENE of Condon, Montana
  4. 1.5 26 km W of Augusta, Montana
  5. 2.3 34 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  6. 1.8 20 km N of Ovando, Montana
  7. 2.2 43 km NNE of Ovando, Montana
  8. 2.5 42 km NNE of Ovando, Montana
  9. 1.8 17 km E of Condon, Montana
  10. 2.4 16 km ENE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  11. 3.0 26 km WSW of Augusta, Montana
  12. 2.7 6 km SSE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  13. 1.9 6 km SSE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  14. 1.6 15 km WNW of Lincoln, Montana
  15. 2.3 0 km ESE 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.

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