Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4ml
29 km S of Clayton, Idaho
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 4.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Custer County, 32 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 167 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 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 43.9910, -114.3568. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County, ID | 32 km (20 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Custer County |
| Camas County, ID | 64 km (40 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Camas County |
| Blaine County, ID | 74 km (46 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Blaine County |
| Butte County, ID | 101 km (62 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Boise County, ID | 109 km (68 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Boise County |
| Lemhi County, ID | 111 km (69 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Lemhi County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 25 km SSE of Challis, Idaho
- 2.0 8 km SSW of Challis, Idaho
- 2.6 26 km S of Clayton, Idaho
- 2.1 21 km ESE 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2025-06-08 — it released about 810 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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