Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
17 km SW of Walden, Colorado
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Jackson County, 9 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2922 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
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.
Where
Epicentre 40.6052, -106.4111. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County, CO | 9 km (6 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Jackson County |
| Routt County, CO | 51 km (31 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Routt County |
| Grand County, CO | 60 km (37 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Grand County |
| Larimer County, CO | 78 km (49 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Larimer County |
| Boulder County, CO | 103 km (64 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Boulder County |
| Eagle County, CO | 111 km (69 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Eagle County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.7 15 km SSW of Walden, Colorado
- 1.7 11 km SSW of Walden, Colorado
- 2.3 13 km NW of Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- 1.7 26 km W of Walden, Colorado
- 2.0 22 km WSW of Walden, Colorado
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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