Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
14 km NW of Fairfield, Idaho
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Camas County, 11 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2289 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
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.
Where
Epicentre 43.4546, -114.8940. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camas County, ID | 11 km (7 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Camas County |
| Elmore County, ID | 47 km (29 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Elmore County |
| Gooding County, ID | 54 km (33 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Gooding County |
| Blaine County, ID | 76 km (47 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Blaine County |
| Lincoln County, ID | 79 km (49 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Boise County, ID | 89 km (55 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Boise County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 47 km SSW of Stanley, Idaho
- 2.1 southern Idaho
- 2.5 40 km S of Stanley, Idaho
- 2.2 45 km S of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.8 22 km NW of Sun Valley, Idaho
- 1.7 36 km SSW of Stanley, 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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