Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4ml
2 km NW of Challis, Idaho
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Custer County, 28 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 63 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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.
Where
Epicentre 44.5217, -114.2511. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County, ID | 28 km (17 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Custer County |
| Lemhi County, ID | 54 km (33 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Lemhi County |
| Valley County, ID | 114 km (71 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Valley County |
| Camas County, ID | 121 km (75 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Camas County |
| Butte County, ID | 126 km (79 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Butte County |
| Beaverhead County, MT | 127 km (79 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Beaverhead County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 25 km SSE of Challis, Idaho
- 2.0 8 km SSW of Challis, Idaho
- 2.3 7 km E of Challis, Idaho
- 2.6 4 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.3 on 2025-06-08 — it released about 710 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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