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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

12 km NNE of Dillon, Montana

· 7.9 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Beaverhead County 32 kmMadison County 52 kmSilver Bow County 64 kmDeer Lodge County 97 kmJefferson County 98 kmLemhi County 111 kmGallatin County 113 kmClark County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Beaverhead County, 32 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 676 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 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 45.3192, -112.5822. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Beaverhead County, MT 32 km (20 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Beaverhead County
Madison County, MT 52 km (32 mi) W of here earthquakes near Madison County
Silver Bow County, MT 64 km (40 mi) S of here earthquakes near Silver Bow County
Deer Lodge County, MT 97 km (60 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Deer Lodge County
Jefferson County, MT 98 km (61 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Lemhi County, ID 111 km (69 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Lemhi County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 26 km SE of Dillon, Montana
  2. 2.3 14 km NNE of Twin Bridges, Montana
  3. 2.9 14 km NNE of Twin Bridges, Montana
  4. 1.8 14 km NNE of Twin Bridges, Montana
  5. 2.0 13 km N of Dillon, Montana
  6. 1.6 11 km NNE of Dillon, Montana
  7. 2.5 9 km NNE of Dillon, Montana
  8. 1.5 14 km NNE of Dillon, Montana
  9. 2.5 10 km NNE of Dillon, Montana
  10. 1.8 27 km SW of Dillon, Montana
  11. 1.6 16 km SSW of Dillon, Montana
  12. 1.5 12 km N of Dillon, Montana
  13. 1.7 17 km NNE of Dillon, Montana
  14. 2.2 30 km NNW of Dillon, Montana
  15. 2.1 3 km SE of Twin Bridges, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.1 on 2024-10-07 — it released about 4,700 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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