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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Star Valley Ranch, WY
No earthquake was likely felt in Star Valley Ranch in the 24 hours to 5:13 am MST (12:13 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 75 km (47 mi) SSW, at 5:05 am MDT on 15 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 29 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Star Valley Ranch
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 6 km (3 mi) west-southwest of Star Valley Ranch, WY, at 9:20 pm MST on 6 January 2018 (04:20 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 3 km NNW of Thayne, Wyoming
- When
- 9:20 pm MST on 6 January 2018 ()
- Where
- 6 km (3 mi) west-southwest of Star Valley Ranch, WY · earthquakes near Star Valley Ranch
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Caribou County, 47 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Grand Valley fault, 6 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 3156 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 23 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Star Valley Ranch, 6 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: Star Valley Ranch 6 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 5.3 on 2017-09-02 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 4 km SSE of Auburn, Wyoming · 21 km S of this epicentre
- 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 24 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 31 km W 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 42.9508, -111.0172. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou County, ID | 47 km (29 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Bonneville County, ID | 70 km (43 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Bonneville County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 78 km (49 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Lincoln County, WY | 85 km (53 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Teton County, ID | 91 km (57 mi) | N | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Sublette County, WY | 92 km (57 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Sublette 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.
- 2.2 12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.9 14 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.7 12 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.3 12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.8 18 km NE of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.8 13 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.0 6 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
- 1.5 5 km N of Etna, Wyoming
- 1.7 13 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.7 8 km SSW of Hoback, Wyoming
- 3.5 14 km ESE of Alpine, Wyoming
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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