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M 2.8ml
Earthquake near Conda, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Conda in the 24 hours to 11:46 pm MST (06:46 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 13 km (8 mi) SE, at 10:47 am MDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Conda
This page: a magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 41 km (25 mi) east-southeast of Conda, ID, at 5:32 pm MDT on 14 May 2019 (23:32 UTC), 5.0 km deep.
USGS: 19 km WSW of Smoot, Wyoming
- When
- 5:32 pm MDT on 14 May 2019 ()
- Where
- 41 km (25 mi) east-southeast of Conda, ID · earthquakes near Conda
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Bear Lake County, 32 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Eastern Bear Lake fault, 19 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2653 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 27 km (17 mi) from the epicentre. In Conda, 41 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Afton, Montpelier.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.3 on 2017-09-02 — about 5,600 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 4 km SSE of Auburn, Wyoming · 28 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 49 km NNW 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 42.5311, -111.1152. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Lake County, ID | 32 km (20 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Caribou County, ID | 45 km (28 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Lincoln County, WY | 49 km (30 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Franklin County, ID | 70 km (44 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Bannock County, ID | 93 km (58 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Bannock County |
| Rich County, UT | 101 km (63 mi) | S | earthquakes near Rich County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.4 21 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
- 2.4 18 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming
- 1.9 18 km NE of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.6 5 km WNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.7 11 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.9 10 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.3 14 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 2.5 9 km W of Paris, Idaho
- 1.6 4 km SE of Bennington, Idaho
- 1.8 5 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.6 20 km WSW of Smoot, Wyoming
- 2.0 20 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 3.1 12 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 3.3 18 km ENE of Georgetown, Idaho
- 2.4 14 km E of Soda Springs, 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.
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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