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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Ketchum, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Ketchum in the 24 hours to 11:20 pm MST (06:20 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 68 km (43 mi) NNE, at 11:05 am MDT on 8 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 27 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Ketchum
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) north-northwest of Ketchum, ID, at 1:13 pm MST on 9 November 2024 (20:13 UTC), 4.9 km deep.
USGS: 20 km SSW of Clayton, Idaho
- When
- 1:13 pm MST on 9 November 2024 ()
- Where
- 46 km (29 mi) north-northwest of Ketchum, ID · earthquakes near Ketchum
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Custer County, 28 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 730 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Ketchum, 46 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 6.2 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 6.2 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 4.2 on 2020-06-09 — about 9,800 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.5 22 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 37 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.4 29 km NW of Mackay, Idaho · 46 km E of this epicentre
- 5.4 23 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 35 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.1 9 km SE of Challis, Idaho · 48 km NNE 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 44.0837, -114.4868. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County, ID | 28 km (18 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Custer County |
| Camas County, ID | 69 km (43 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Camas County |
| Blaine County, ID | 88 km (55 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Blaine County |
| Boise County, ID | 99 km (61 mi) | W | earthquakes near Boise County |
| Lemhi County, ID | 105 km (65 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Lemhi County |
| Elmore County, ID | 110 km (68 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Elmore County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 5 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.7 5 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.7 19 km N of Stanley, Idaho
- 2.2 28 km E of Clayton, Idaho
- 1.7 6 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.6 16 km NE of Stanley, Idaho
- 2.0 17 km NNE of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.7 26 km WNW of Clayton, Idaho
- 2.4 17 km NE of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.8 26 km NW of Clayton, Idaho
- 1.8 16 km NE of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.6 16 km NE of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.8 15 km NE of Stanley, Idaho
- 2.2 17 km NE of Stanley, Idaho
- 2.1 17 km NNE of Stanley, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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