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M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Parks, AZ
No earthquake was likely felt in Parks in the 24 hours to 3:16 am MST (10:16 UTC). The last one was M 5.4, 802 km (499 mi) ESE, at 6:47 pm MST on 3 May 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1,696 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Parks
This page: a magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 20 km (13 mi) northeast of Parks, AZ, at 7:24 am MST on 15 October 2024 (14:24 UTC), 9.6 km deep.
USGS: 20 km NE of Parks, Arizona
27 km (17 mi) NNW of Flagstaff, AZ
- When
- 7:24 am MST on 15 October 2024 ()
- Where
- 20 km (13 mi) northeast of Parks, AZ · earthquakes near Parks
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Coconino County, 49 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 686 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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Parks, 20 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: Parks 20 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.2 Near Flagstaff, Arizona · 22 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.2 Near Flagstaff, Arizona · 16 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.0 Southwest of Cameron, Arizona · 35 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 5 km SSE of Valle, Arizona · 39 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.0 36 km NNE of Flagstaff, Arizona · 29 km ENE 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 35.3857, -111.7835. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coconino County, AZ | 49 km (31 mi) | N | earthquakes near Coconino County |
| Yavapai County, AZ | 111 km (69 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Yavapai County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further 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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