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M 1.7ml

11 km ENE of Swan Valley, Idaho

· 13 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 28 kmBonneville County 35 kmMadison County 48 kmFremont County 82 kmCaribou County 85 kmTeton County 87 kmJefferson County 95 kmBingham County 101 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Teton County, 28 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1430 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 43.5070, -111.2120. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Teton County, ID 28 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near Teton County
Bonneville County, ID 35 km (22 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Bonneville County
Madison County, ID 48 km (30 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Madison County
Fremont County, ID 82 km (51 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Fremont County
Caribou County, ID 85 km (53 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Caribou County
Teton County, WY 87 km (54 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Teton County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 5 km N of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
  2. 2.2 12 km NNW of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
  3. 1.9 19 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho
  4. 1.5 11 km ENE of Alta, Wyoming
  5. 2.0 5 km WNW of Rafter J Ranch, Wyoming
  6. 1.7 5 km NE of Hoback, Wyoming
  7. 1.5 6 km NE of Hoback, Wyoming
  8. 2.4 6 km ENE of Moose Wilson Road, Wyoming
  9. 2.0 4 km NNE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
  10. 1.7 6 km NNW of Hoback, Wyoming
  11. 1.9 4 km E of Hoback, Wyoming
  12. 1.5 6 km ENE of Hoback, Wyoming
  13. 1.9 6 km NE of Hoback, Wyoming
  14. 1.5 11 km NNE of Alta, Wyoming
  15. 1.5 15 km NNE of Alta, 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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