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M 1.6ml

21 km NNE of Challis, Idaho

· 4.5 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lemhi County 33 kmCuster County 45 kmBeaverhead County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
4.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lemhi County, 33 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 542 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 44.6650, -114.0887. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lemhi County, ID 33 km (21 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lemhi County
Custer County, ID 45 km (28 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Custer County
Beaverhead County, MT 108 km (67 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Beaverhead County
Butte County, ID 131 km (81 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Butte County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 25 km SSE of Challis, Idaho
  2. 2.0 8 km SSW of Challis, Idaho
  3. 1.6 52 km NNW of Challis, Idaho
  4. 2.3 7 km E of Challis, Idaho
  5. 2.6 4 km NW of Challis, Idaho
  6. 2.4 2 km NW of Challis, Idaho
  7. 1.7 14 km NNE of Challis, Idaho
  8. 2.3 19 km NNE of Challis, Idaho
  9. 1.7 2 km NE of Clayton, Idaho
  10. 1.8 9 km NW of Clayton, Idaho
  11. 2.3 33 km NNW of Challis, Idaho
  12. 1.7 32 km NNW of Challis, Idaho
  13. 1.6 32 km NNW of Challis, Idaho
  14. 2.3 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  15. 2.0 33 km NNW of Challis, 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.

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