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mining explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4ml

30 km SSE of Wright, Wyoming

· 0.0 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Converse County 58 kmWeston County 76 kmCampbell County 79 kmNiobrara County 87 kmJohnson County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Converse County, 58 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1926 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as mining explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 43.4906, -105.3713. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Converse County, WY 58 km (36 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Converse County
Weston County, WY 76 km (47 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Weston County
Campbell County, WY 79 km (49 mi) S of here earthquakes near Campbell County
Niobrara County, WY 87 km (54 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Niobrara County
Johnson County, WY 116 km (72 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Johnson County
Natrona County, WY 127 km (79 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Natrona 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. 3.1 35 km SSE of Wright, Wyoming
  2. 2.6 8 km E of Wright, Wyoming
  3. 2.8 12 km N of Wright, Wyoming
  4. 3.0 8 km NNW of Wright, Wyoming
  5. 3.1 13 km ENE of Wright, Wyoming
  6. 3.2 19 km ESE of Wright, Wyoming
  7. 3.4 5 km ESE of Wright, Wyoming
  8. 3.1 25 km ESE of Wright, Wyoming
  9. 3.1 19 km ESE of Wright, Wyoming
  10. 3.0 14 km ENE of Wright, Wyoming
  11. 2.8 12 km ENE of Wright, Wyoming
  12. 3.1 10 km SE of Wright, Wyoming
  13. 3.1 10 km SE of Wright, Wyoming
  14. 2.7 33 km S of Wright, Wyoming
  15. 2.8 15 km ESE of Wright, 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.

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