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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Soda Springs, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Soda Springs in the 24 hours to 6:59 pm MST (01:59 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 32 km (20 mi) SSE, at 12:37 am MDT on 16 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Soda Springs
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) west-northwest of Soda Springs, ID, at 6:33 pm MST on 2 January 2017 (01:33 UTC), 2.2 km deep.
USGS: 2 km WNW of Soda Springs, Idaho
- When
- 6:33 pm MST on 2 January 2017 ()
- Where
- 2 km (1 mi) west-northwest of Soda Springs, ID · earthquakes near Soda Springs
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Caribou County, 15 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Western Bear Lake fault, 15 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3516 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 32 km (20 mi) from the epicentre. In Soda Springs, 2 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.
Likely felt in: Soda Springs 2 km, intensity III · Conda 10 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 46 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 35 km NNE of this epicentre
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 42.6644, -111.6255. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou County, ID | 15 km (9 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 49 km (30 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Bannock County, ID | 49 km (31 mi) | W | earthquakes near Bannock County |
| Franklin County, ID | 57 km (35 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Bonneville County, ID | 81 km (50 mi) | N | earthquakes near Bonneville County |
| Bingham County, ID | 88 km (55 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Bingham County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.0 10 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.6 13 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 3.0 11 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 3.0 13 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 3.4 11 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.9 11 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.9 7 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.8 13 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 3.0 12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 3.1 9 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.2 11 km SSE of Grace, Idaho
- 3.4 12 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 4.2 11 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.9 14 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 3.2 10 km NW of Georgetown, 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
- 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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