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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Bellevue, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in Bellevue in the 24 hours to 2:58 pm MST (21:58 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 90 km (56 mi) N, at 11:05 am MDT on 8 June 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 27 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bellevue

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) east-northeast of Bellevue, ID, at 11:40 pm MDT on 22 April 2026 (05:40 UTC), 5.4 km deep.

USGS: 26 km ENE of Bellevue, Idaho

11:40 pm MDT, Apr 22, 2026 · · 5.4 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Blaine County 18 kmButte County 64 kmLincoln County 65 kmCamas County 66 kmMinidoka County 82 kmCuster County 83 kmGooding County 96 kmJerome County 100 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
11:40 pm MDT on 22 April 2026 ()
Where
27 km (17 mi) east-northeast of Bellevue, ID · earthquakes near Bellevue
Idaho today
every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
5.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Blaine County, 18 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 202 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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Bellevue, 27 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Hailey.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

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 43.5605, -113.9583. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Blaine County, ID 18 km (11 mi) S earthquakes near Blaine County
Butte County, ID 64 km (40 mi) ENE earthquakes near Butte County
Lincoln County, ID 65 km (41 mi) SSW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Camas County, ID 66 km (41 mi) W earthquakes near Camas County
Minidoka County, ID 82 km (51 mi) SSE earthquakes near Minidoka County
Custer County, ID 83 km (51 mi) NNW earthquakes near Custer County

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

Aftershocks so far

1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.2 27 km ENE of Bellevue, 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

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