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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8ml

8 km S of Lincoln, Montana

· 13 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Powell County 20 kmLewis and Clark County 35 kmGranite County 79 kmMissoula County 94 kmDeer Lodge County 94 kmJefferson County 96 kmTeton County 109 kmBroadwater County 109 kmSilver Bow County 109 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Powell County, 20 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3189 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 46.8795, -112.6767. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Powell County, MT 20 km (12 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Powell County
Lewis and Clark County, MT 35 km (22 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lewis and Clark County
Granite County, MT 79 km (49 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Granite County
Missoula County, MT 94 km (58 mi) E of here earthquakes near Missoula County
Deer Lodge County, MT 94 km (59 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Deer Lodge County
Jefferson County, MT 96 km (60 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 14 km SE of Lincoln, Montana
  2. 1.8 14 km SE of Lincoln, Montana
  3. 1.8 13 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana
  4. 1.6 14 km SE of Lincoln, Montana
  5. 1.6 14 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana
  6. 1.8 Western Montana
  7. 1.7 Western Montana
  8. 1.6 12 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana
  9. 2.4 12 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana
  10. 2.4 14 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana
  11. 1.9 13 km SE of Lincoln, Montana
  12. 1.6 14 km SE of Lincoln, Montana
  13. 1.5 13 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana
  14. 2.4 11 km ESE of Lincoln, Montana
  15. 2.2 13 km ESE of Lincoln, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.8 on 2017-07-06 — it released about 32,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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