QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0ml

Earthquake near McCall, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in McCall in the 24 hours to 4:21 am MST (11:21 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 83 km (52 mi) WNW, at 12:42 am MST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 134 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near McCall

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) south-southeast of McCall, ID, at 11:39 am MDT on 30 September 2025 (17:39 UTC), 12 km deep.

USGS: 14 km E of Cascade, Idaho

11:39 am MDT, Sep 30, 2025 · · 12 km deep · released about 29 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Valley County 43 kmBoise County 59 kmAdams County 63 kmGem County 66 kmWashington County 75 kmPayette County 91 kmCanyon County 120 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
11:39 am MDT on 30 September 2025 ()
Where
48 km (30 mi) south-southeast of McCall, ID · earthquakes near McCall
Idaho today
every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Valley County, 43 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 408 days ago

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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In McCall, 48 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 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 4.9 on 2024-02-26 — about 23,000 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 44.5103, -115.8578. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Valley County, ID 43 km (27 mi) NNE earthquakes near Valley County
Boise County, ID 59 km (37 mi) S earthquakes near Boise County
Adams County, ID 63 km (39 mi) NW earthquakes near Adams County
Gem County, ID 66 km (41 mi) SW earthquakes near Gem County
Washington County, ID 75 km (47 mi) W earthquakes near Washington County
Payette County, ID 91 km (56 mi) SW earthquakes near Payette County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.9 30 km N of Lowman, Idaho
  2. 2.7 28 km N of Lowman, Idaho
  3. 1.6 30 km N of Lowman, Idaho
  4. 1.7 12 km WNW of Cascade, Idaho
  5. 1.8 6 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  6. 2.8 20 km SE of Cascade, Idaho
  7. 2.0 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  8. 2.1 21 km SE of Cascade, Idaho
  9. 2.1 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  10. 1.8 23 km N of Lowman, Idaho
  11. 2.1 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, 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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.