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M 2.3ml

14 km W of Livingston, Montana

· 8.1 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Park County 27 kmGallatin County 36 kmSweet Grass County 65 kmBroadwater County 94 kmMadison County 98 kmMeagher County 104 kmStillwater County 106 kmJefferson County 114 kmWheatland County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
8.1 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Park County, 27 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2450 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 45.6588, -110.7496. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Park County, MT 27 km (17 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Park County
Gallatin County, MT 36 km (22 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Gallatin County
Sweet Grass County, MT 65 km (40 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sweet Grass County
Broadwater County, MT 94 km (59 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Broadwater County
Madison County, MT 98 km (61 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madison County
Meagher County, MT 104 km (65 mi) S of here earthquakes near Meagher County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.2 21 km ESE of Pray, Montana
  2. 1.6 2 km E of Churchill, Montana
  3. 1.7 13 km S of Bozeman, Montana
  4. 1.5 14 km NNW of Emigrant, Montana
  5. 2.0 5 km NNE of Springhill, Montana
  6. 1.6 7 km NNW of Emigrant, Montana
  7. 2.3 15 km E of Livingston, Montana
  8. 3.0 1 km N of Belgrade, Montana
  9. 2.4 20 km NNW of Springhill, Montana
  10. 1.6 9 km WSW of South Glastonbury, Montana
  11. 1.6 Western Montana
  12. 2.0 7 km NE of Manhattan, Montana
  13. 3.8 9 km NNW of Livingston, Montana
  14. 1.7 1 km ENE of Churchill, Montana
  15. 2.2 11 km NNW of Emigrant, 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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