Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.1ml
26 km SE of Dillon, Montana
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Beaverhead County, 41 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 23 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 45.0473, -112.3912. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverhead County, MT | 41 km (25 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Beaverhead County |
| Madison County, MT | 49 km (30 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Madison County |
| Clark County, ID | 84 km (52 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Silver Bow County, MT | 97 km (60 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Silver Bow County |
| Gallatin County, MT | 109 km (68 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Gallatin County |
| Fremont County, ID | 117 km (73 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Fremont 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.
- 1.6 44 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho
- 1.9 45 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho
- 2.4 45 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho
- 1.8 46 km NNE of Spencer, 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 4.6 on 2019-04-09 — it released about 5,600 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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