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M 2.9ml

12 km WSW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho

· 20 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Gem County 26 kmWashington County 48 kmPayette County 50 kmBoise County 53 kmAdams County 70 kmCanyon County 81 kmValley County 82 kmAda County 91 kmElmore County 115 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Gem County, 26 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 944 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 44.2705, -116.2423. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Gem County, ID 26 km (16 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Gem County
Washington County, ID 48 km (30 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Payette County, ID 50 km (31 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Payette County
Boise County, ID 53 km (33 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Boise County
Adams County, ID 70 km (43 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Adams County
Canyon County, ID 81 km (50 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Canyon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  2. 2.4 7 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  3. 3.5 8 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  4. 2.3 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  5. 1.9 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  6. 2.3 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  7. 2.3 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  8. 2.2 9 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  9. 1.6 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  10. 2.7 11 km NW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  11. 2.4 7 km NW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  12. 2.4 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  13. 3.0 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  14. 2.1 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  15. 2.3 10 km SW of Cascade, Idaho

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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