Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.9ml
33 km ENE of Geraldine, Montana
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Chouteau County, 46 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 876 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 18 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 47.7385, -109.8682. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chouteau County, MT | 46 km (28 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Chouteau County |
| Fergus County, MT | 75 km (46 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Fergus County |
| Judith Basin County, MT | 85 km (53 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Judith Basin County |
| Hill County, MT | 101 km (63 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Hill County |
| Blaine County, MT | 102 km (63 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Blaine County |
| Cascade County, MT | 121 km (75 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Cascade County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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