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M 4.3mwr

24 km E of Clayton, Idaho

· 7.0 km deep · released about 43 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Custer County 12 kmLemhi County 76 kmBlaine County 98 kmButte County 98 kmCamas County 101 km
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When
Magnitude
M 4.3 (mwr)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
27 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Custer County, 12 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 111 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 27 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 43 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 4,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.3 about 43 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 89× 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 44.2664, -114.0999. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Custer County, ID 12 km (8 mi) E of here earthquakes near Custer County
Lemhi County, ID 76 km (47 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lemhi County
Blaine County, ID 98 km (61 mi) N of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Butte County, ID 98 km (61 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Camas County, ID 101 km (62 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Camas County
Beaverhead County, MT 136 km (84 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Beaverhead County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 25 km SSE of Challis, Idaho
  2. 2.0 8 km SSW of Challis, Idaho
  3. 2.3 7 km E of Challis, Idaho
  4. 2.6 4 km NW of Challis, Idaho
  5. 2.4 2 km NW of Challis, Idaho
  6. 2.6 26 km S of Clayton, Idaho
  7. 1.7 14 km NNE of Challis, Idaho
  8. 2.4 29 km S of Clayton, Idaho
  9. 2.3 19 km NNE of Challis, Idaho
  10. 2.1 14 km W of Clayton, Idaho
  11. 1.7 2 km NE of Clayton, Idaho
  12. 1.8 9 km NW of Clayton, Idaho
  13. 2.3 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  14. 1.6 2 km ENE of Clayton, Idaho
  15. 1.7 20 km NW of Challis, 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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