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M 2.4ml

3 km NNE of Clinton, Montana

· 9.5 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Missoula County 29 kmGranite County 50 kmPowell County 59 kmRavalli County 86 kmDeer Lodge County 90 kmLake County 98 kmLewis and Clark County 106 kmMineral County 111 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
9.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Missoula County, 29 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2667 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 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 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× 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.

Where

Epicentre 46.8038, -113.7025. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Missoula County, MT 29 km (18 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Missoula County
Granite County, MT 50 km (31 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Granite County
Powell County, MT 59 km (37 mi) W of here earthquakes near Powell County
Ravalli County, MT 86 km (54 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Ravalli County
Deer Lodge County, MT 90 km (56 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Deer Lodge County
Lake County, MT 98 km (61 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lake County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.2 3 km NE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  2. 1.5 6 km S of Frenchtown, Montana
  3. 1.7 6 km S of Frenchtown, Montana
  4. 1.7 4 km WNW of Wye, Montana
  5. 2.9 22 km WSW of Ovando, Montana
  6. 2.7 6 km SSE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  7. 1.9 6 km SSE of Seeley Lake, Montana
  8. 1.5 12 km SW of Seeley Lake, Montana
  9. 1.9 7 km WSW of Drummond, Montana
  10. 1.8 17 km E of Arlee, Montana
  11. 1.8 2 km S of Turah, Montana
  12. 1.6 10 km WSW of Drummond, Montana
  13. 2.2 Idaho-Montana border region
  14. 1.9 Idaho-Montana border region
  15. 1.7 15 km WSW of Drummond, 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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