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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near McCall, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in McCall in the 24 hours to 12:34 pm MST (19:34 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 83 km (52 mi) WNW, at 12:42 am MST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 134 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near McCall
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 42 km (26 mi) south of McCall, ID, at 2:32 pm MDT on 1 September 2020 (20:32 UTC), 10 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 4 km NE of Cascade, Idaho
- When
- 2:32 pm MDT on 1 September 2020 ()
- Where
- 42 km (26 mi) south of McCall, ID · earthquakes near McCall
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Valley County, 46 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2196 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 30 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In McCall, 42 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 44.5431, -116.0063. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley County, ID | 46 km (29 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Valley County |
| Adams County, ID | 52 km (32 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Adams County |
| Gem County, ID | 62 km (39 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Gem County |
| Washington County, ID | 64 km (40 mi) | W | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Boise County, ID | 66 km (41 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Boise County |
| Payette County, ID | 84 km (52 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Payette 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.
- 2.2 25 km WNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.4 31 km NNE of Lowman, Idaho
- 1.8 25 km E of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 1.8 13 km SSW of Donnelly, Idaho
- 2.4 6 km W of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.0 5 km WNW of Cascade, Idaho
- 2.1 6 km NNE of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.4 7 km W of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.1 39 km N of Lowman, Idaho
- 2.2 6 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 3.1 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.0 6 km WNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.1 2 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 1.8 38 km N of Lowman, Idaho
- 2.2 7 km W of Smiths Ferry, 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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