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M 2.8ml

Earthquake near Conda, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in Conda in the 24 hours to 9:50 am MST (16:50 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 13 km (8 mi) SE, at 10:47 am MDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Conda

This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 41 km (25 mi) northeast of Conda, ID, at 3:45 pm MST on 23 February 2023 (22:45 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 13 km W of Freedom, Idaho

3:45 pm MST, Feb 23, 2023 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Caribou County 37 kmBonneville County 55 kmBear Lake County 80 kmTeton County 84 kmBannock County 90 kmMadison County 95 kmLincoln County 96 kmBingham County 100 kmFranklin County 105 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
3:45 pm MST on 23 February 2023 ()
Where
41 km (25 mi) northeast of Conda, ID · earthquakes near Conda
Idaho today
every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Caribou County, 37 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Grand Valley fault, 19 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 1292 days ago

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 27 km (17 mi) from the epicentre. In Conda, 41 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: Star Valley Ranch 21 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.3 on 2017-09-02 — about 5,600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.8 4 km SSE of Auburn, Wyoming · 33 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 8 km W of this epicentre
  3. 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 18 km WSW 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 43.0032, -111.2061. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Caribou County, ID 37 km (23 mi) SW earthquakes near Caribou County
Bonneville County, ID 55 km (34 mi) NW earthquakes near Bonneville County
Bear Lake County, ID 80 km (50 mi) S earthquakes near Bear Lake County
Teton County, ID 84 km (52 mi) N earthquakes near Teton County
Bannock County, ID 90 km (56 mi) WSW earthquakes near Bannock County
Madison County, ID 95 km (59 mi) NNW earthquakes near Madison County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 12 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  2. 1.7 13 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  3. 2.6 18 km WNW of Auburn, Wyoming
  4. 2.1 7 km ESE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
  5. 2.7 15 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming
  6. 1.6 18 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  7. 1.5 18 km ENE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  8. 2.5 14 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
  9. 2.5 13 km NNE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  10. 1.6 8 km S of Hoback, Wyoming
  11. 1.9 5 km NNW of Hoback, Wyoming
  12. 1.9 13 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
  13. 1.7 5 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming
  14. 2.0 19 km ENE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  15. 2.8 18 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, 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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