Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.1ml
10 km WSW of Hoback, Wyoming
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 16 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Bonneville County, 60 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 716 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 16 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.4× 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.
Where
Epicentre 43.2558, -110.9084. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneville County, ID | 60 km (37 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Bonneville County |
| Teton County, ID | 61 km (38 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Caribou County, ID | 73 km (46 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Madison County, ID | 85 km (53 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Madison County |
| Teton County, WY | 96 km (60 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Teton County |
| Sublette County, WY | 97 km (60 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Sublette County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 12 km ESE of South Park, Wyoming
- 2.0 9 km ESE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 2.3 5 km S of Kelly, Wyoming
- 2.3 3 km NNE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
- 2.8 5 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
- 1.7 5 km N of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 2.2 12 km NNW of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
- 2.1 8 km S of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.7 7 km S of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.9 7 km S of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.8 7 km S of Kelly, Wyoming
- 1.7 19 km NW of Bondurant, Wyoming
- 1.9 19 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho
- 2.4 11 km E of Jackson, Wyoming
- 2.0 16 km ENE of Etna, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.8 on 2016-08-27 — it released about 350 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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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