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M 3.1ml
Earthquake near Afton, WY
No earthquake was likely felt in Afton in the 24 hours to 11:41 pm MST (06:41 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 14 km (9 mi) W, at 3:44 pm MDT on 19 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Afton
This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) west-southwest of Afton, WY, at 9:34 am MST on 30 November 2018 (16:34 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 5 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
- When
- 9:34 am MST on 30 November 2018 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) west-southwest of Afton, WY · earthquakes near Afton
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 9 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Caribou County, 43 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Grand Valley fault, 10 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 2833 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 41 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In Afton, 10 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 33 km, intensity II · Conda 40 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.4× more
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 2,000 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 · 11 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 41 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 39 km NW 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 42.6811, -111.0437. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou County, ID | 43 km (26 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 50 km (31 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Lincoln County, WY | 58 km (36 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Franklin County, ID | 85 km (53 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Bonneville County, ID | 92 km (57 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Bonneville County |
| Sublette County, WY | 93 km (58 mi) | E | earthquakes near Sublette County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 10 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.8 11 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.1 10 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.6 10 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.6 4 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.6 14 km N of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.5 7 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
- 2.0 13 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.8 11 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.5 11 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.6 12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.1 10 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.0 8 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.2 10 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.6 11 km E of Soda Springs, 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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- 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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