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M 3.6ml
Earthquake near Jackson, WY
No earthquake was likely felt in Jackson in the 24 hours to 9:10 am MST (16:10 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 23 km (14 mi) S, at 6:18 pm MST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Jackson
This page: a magnitude 3.6 earthquake was recorded 31 km (19 mi) east-northeast of Jackson, WY, at 3:43 am MST on 24 February 2021 (10:43 UTC), 8.1 km deep. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 17 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
- When
- 3:43 am MST on 24 February 2021 ()
- Where
- 31 km (19 mi) east-northeast of Jackson, WY · earthquakes near Jackson
- Magnitude
- M 3.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Teton County, 52 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2017 days ago
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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 Jackson, 31 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.
Likely felt in: Jackson 31 km, intensity II · Hoback 45 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 4.8 on 2016-08-27 — about 63 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 20 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming · 3 km ESE 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 43.5846, -110.4123. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teton County, WY | 52 km (32 mi) | N | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Teton County, ID | 67 km (42 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Sublette County, WY | 99 km (62 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sublette County |
| Bonneville County, ID | 100 km (62 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Bonneville County |
| Madison County, ID | 103 km (64 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Madison County |
| Fremont County, ID | 111 km (69 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Fremont County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 50 km NE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.8 21 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.2 21 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.3 21 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.8 39 km NE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.9 28 km NNE of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.7 1 km N of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.5 4 km SSE of Hoback, Wyoming
- 1.8 27 km SE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.5 32 km NNE of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.5 25 km SE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.6 27 km SE of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.1 29 km NNE of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 2.2 28 km NNE of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.7 28 km NNE of Bondurant, Wyoming
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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