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M 2.3ml
Earthquake near Livingston, MT
No earthquake was likely felt in Livingston in the 24 hours to 5:30 am MST (12:30 UTC). The last one was M 2.3, 15 km (9 mi) E, at 12:38 am MDT on 23 June 2024, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Livingston
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) west of Livingston, MT, at 1:25 pm MDT on 23 October 2019 (19:25 UTC), 8.1 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 14 km W of Livingston, Montana
24 km (15 mi) E of Bozeman, MT
- When
- 1:25 pm MDT on 23 October 2019 ()
- Where
- 15 km (9 mi) west of Livingston, MT · earthquakes near Livingston
- Montana today
- every earthquake in Montana in the last 24 hours
- 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
- Nearest mapped fault
- Emigrant fault, 24 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2496 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Livingston, 15 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Bozeman.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 45.6588, -110.7496. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park County, MT | 27 km (17 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Park County |
| Gallatin County, MT | 36 km (22 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Gallatin County |
| Sweet Grass County, MT | 65 km (40 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Sweet Grass County |
| Broadwater County, MT | 94 km (59 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Broadwater County |
| Madison County, MT | 98 km (61 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Madison County |
| Meagher County, MT | 104 km (65 mi) | N | earthquakes near Meagher County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
20 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.2 5 km SSE of Bozeman, Montana
- 1.2 21 km ESE of Pray, Montana
- 1.6 2 km E of Churchill, Montana
- 1.7 13 km S of Bozeman, Montana
- 1.5 14 km NNW of Emigrant, Montana
- 2.0 5 km NNE of Springhill, Montana
- 1.6 7 km NNW of Emigrant, Montana
- 2.3 15 km E of Livingston, Montana
- 3.0 1 km N of Belgrade, Montana
- 2.4 20 km NNW of Springhill, Montana
- 1.6 9 km WSW of South Glastonbury, Montana
- 1.6 Western Montana
- 2.0 7 km NE of Manhattan, Montana
- 3.8 9 km NNW of Livingston, Montana
- 1.7 1 km ENE of Churchill, 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.
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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