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M 1.7ml

33 km WSW of Augusta, Montana

· 7.8 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lewis and Clark County 40 kmPowell County 57 kmTeton County 64 kmMissoula County 91 kmLake County 103 kmPondera County 106 kmCascade County 108 kmGranite County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
7.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lewis and Clark County, 40 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 911 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 12 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 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 47.3498, -112.7848. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lewis and Clark County, MT 40 km (25 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lewis and Clark County
Powell County, MT 57 km (36 mi) N of here earthquakes near Powell County
Teton County, MT 64 km (40 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Teton County
Missoula County, MT 91 km (57 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Missoula County
Lake County, MT 103 km (64 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Lake County
Pondera County, MT 106 km (66 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

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

  1. 2.4 32 km ENE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  2. 2.6 31 km ENE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  3. 2.1 25 km ENE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  4. 1.7 16 km W of Lincoln, Montana
  5. 1.8 20 km N of Lincoln, Montana
  6. 3.1 27 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  7. 1.5 40 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  8. 2.2 40 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  9. 1.6 40 km ENE of Condon, Montana
  10. 1.5 26 km W of Augusta, Montana
  11. 2.3 34 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  12. 1.8 20 km N of Ovando, Montana
  13. 2.2 43 km NNE of Ovando, Montana
  14. 2.5 42 km NNE of Ovando, Montana
  15. 2.4 16 km ENE of Seeley Lake, 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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