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M 3.6mwr
Earthquake near Conda, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Conda in the 24 hours to 2:40 pm MST (21:40 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 13 km (8 mi) SE, at 10:47 am MDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Conda
This page: a magnitude 3.6 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) south-southeast of Conda, ID, at 2:22 am MDT on 15 September 2017 (08:22 UTC), 4.0 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 12 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- When
- 2:22 am MDT on 15 September 2017 ()
- Where
- 18 km (11 mi) south-southeast of Conda, ID · earthquakes near Conda
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 3.6 (mwr)
- Depth
- 4.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Caribou County, 24 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Western Bear Lake fault, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 69 km (43 mi) from the epicentre. In Conda, 18 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 15 km, intensity III · Conda 18 km, intensity III · Montpelier 31 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 3.8 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.6 about 3.8 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 7.9× 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 350 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 · 44 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 48 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 39 km N 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 42.5805, -111.4475. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou County, ID | 24 km (15 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 34 km (21 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Franklin County, ID | 55 km (34 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Bannock County, ID | 65 km (40 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Bannock County |
| Lincoln County, WY | 74 km (46 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Bonneville County, ID | 92 km (57 mi) | N | earthquakes near Bonneville 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.
- 2.7 14 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.8 14 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 2.0 12 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 2.3 12 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.8 14 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 2.9 12 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.7 10 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.6 14 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.7 15 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.7 13 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.7 9 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 2.1 9 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 2.0 8 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.6 11 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.8 10 km NNW 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
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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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