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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Conda, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in Conda in the 24 hours to 10:02 am MST (17:02 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 24 km (15 mi) north of Conda, ID, at 7:04 am MDT on 16 October 2023 (13:04 UTC), 1.2 km deep.

USGS: 33 km NNE of Soda Springs, Idaho

7:04 am MDT, Oct 16, 2023 · · 1.2 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Caribou County 18 kmBonneville County 51 kmBannock County 66 kmBear Lake County 75 kmBingham County 80 kmFranklin County 90 kmTeton County 93 kmMadison County 95 kmLincoln County 104 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
7:04 am MDT on 16 October 2023 ()
Where
24 km (15 mi) north of Conda, ID · earthquakes near Conda
Idaho today
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Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
1.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Caribou County, 18 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1120 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 Conda, 24 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.

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 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× 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 5.3 on 2017-09-02 — about 240,000 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 · 47 km ESE of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 17 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 8 km ESE 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 42.9465, -111.4925. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Caribou County, ID 18 km (11 mi) SSW earthquakes near Caribou County
Bonneville County, ID 51 km (32 mi) NNW earthquakes near Bonneville County
Bannock County, ID 66 km (41 mi) WSW earthquakes near Bannock County
Bear Lake County, ID 75 km (46 mi) S earthquakes near Bear Lake County
Bingham County, ID 80 km (49 mi) WNW earthquakes near Bingham County
Franklin County, ID 90 km (56 mi) SSW earthquakes near Franklin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 13 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming
  2. 2.3 10 km SW of Auburn, Wyoming
  3. 2.5 18 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
  4. 3.6 13 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
  5. 1.8 19 km SW of Freedom, Idaho
  6. 2.2 11 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  7. 2.5 17 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho
  8. 2.0 10 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
  9. 2.3 17 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
  10. 1.8 17 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming
  11. 1.7 18 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming
  12. 2.3 6 km S of Bancroft, Idaho
  13. 2.8 6 km SSW of Bancroft, Idaho
  14. 2.5 21 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
  15. 2.0 3 km N of Grace, 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.

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