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M 1.7ml

4 km WNW of Wye, Montana

· 16 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Missoula County 22 kmMineral County 72 kmLake County 75 kmGranite County 85 kmPowell County 95 kmRavalli County 99 kmSanders County 116 kmClearwater County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Missoula County, 22 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 153 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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 46.9710, -114.1687. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Missoula County, MT 22 km (14 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Missoula County
Mineral County, MT 72 km (45 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Mineral County
Lake County, MT 75 km (47 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lake County
Granite County, MT 85 km (53 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Granite County
Powell County, MT 95 km (59 mi) W of here earthquakes near Powell County
Ravalli County, MT 99 km (62 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ravalli County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km NNE of Alberton, Montana
  2. 1.5 6 km S of Frenchtown, Montana
  3. 1.7 6 km S of Frenchtown, Montana
  4. 1.9 18 km E of Saint Ignatius, Montana
  5. 1.9 6 km S of Huson, Montana
  6. 1.9 3 km SSW of Alberton, Montana
  7. 1.7 2 km ENE of Alberton, Montana
  8. 2.2 2 km NE of Alberton, 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.

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