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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Pinedale, WY
No earthquake was likely felt in Pinedale in the 24 hours to 8:27 am MST (15:27 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 21 km (13 mi) ENE, at 6:39 pm MDT on 17 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Pinedale
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 36 km (23 mi) north-northwest of Pinedale, WY, at 1:36 pm MDT on 26 August 2024 (19:36 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 24 km NNW of Cora, Wyoming
- When
- 1:36 pm MDT on 26 August 2024 ()
- Where
- 36 km (23 mi) north-northwest of Pinedale, WY · earthquakes near Pinedale
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Sublette County, 44 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 807 days ago
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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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Pinedale, 36 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 19 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 5.8 790,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 560,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 50× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 19 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 25,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 43.1423, -110.0983. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sublette County, WY | 44 km (27 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sublette County |
| Teton County, WY | 104 km (65 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Lincoln County, WY | 112 km (70 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Teton County, ID | 113 km (70 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Caribou County, ID | 124 km (77 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 138 km (86 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
14 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 23 km NE of Cora, Wyoming
- 2.2 23 km ESE of Jackson, Wyoming
- 2.3 22 km ESE of Jackson, Wyoming
- 2.2 25 km SE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.6 22 km SE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.1 23 km ESE of Jackson, Wyoming
- 2.0 23 km ESE of Jackson, Wyoming
- 2.6 20 km ENE of Pinedale, Wyoming
- 1.8 27 km NNE of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 3.1 26 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.9 11 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.7 11 km W of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.7 19 km NW of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 2.3 22 km S of Dubois, Wyoming
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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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