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M 3.1ml
Earthquake near Steamboat Springs, CO
No earthquake was likely felt in Steamboat Springs in the 24 hours to 9:49 pm MST (04:49 UTC). The last one was M 5.0, 722 km (449 mi) SE, at 4:21 am MDT on 23 July 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 499 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Steamboat Springs
This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) northwest of Steamboat Springs, CO, at 5:54 am MDT on 2 September 2024 (11:54 UTC), 2.1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 21 km NW of Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- When
- 5:54 am MDT on 2 September 2024 ()
- Where
- 21 km (13 mi) northwest of Steamboat Springs, CO · earthquakes near Steamboat Springs
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Routt County, 15 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 727 days ago
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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 42 km (26 mi) from the epicentre. In Steamboat Springs, 21 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: Steamboat Springs 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 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 40.6117, -107.0224. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routt County, CO | 15 km (9 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Routt County |
| Jackson County, CO | 59 km (37 mi) | E | earthquakes near Jackson County |
| Grand County, CO | 95 km (59 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Grand County |
| Moffat County, CO | 101 km (63 mi) | W | earthquakes near Moffat County |
| Eagle County, CO | 113 km (70 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Eagle County |
| Rio Blanco County, CO | 123 km (76 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Rio Blanco County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
2 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
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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