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M 2.4ml

4 km W of Mackay, Idaho

· 10 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Butte County 47 kmBlaine County 62 kmCuster County 62 kmCamas County 99 kmJefferson County 109 kmLincoln County 109 kmClark County 113 kmLemhi County 115 kmMinidoka County 117 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Butte County, 47 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2140 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. 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 43.9077, -113.6699. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Butte County, ID 47 km (29 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Blaine County, ID 62 km (38 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Custer County, ID 62 km (38 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Custer County
Camas County, ID 99 km (62 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Camas County
Jefferson County, ID 109 km (68 mi) W of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Lincoln County, ID 109 km (68 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

30 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.2 27 km ENE of Bellevue, Idaho
  2. 2.4 26 km ENE of Bellevue, Idaho
  3. 2.3 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  4. 2.4 27 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  5. 2.3 28 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  6. 1.8 27 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  7. 2.3 27 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  8. 2.2 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  9. 2.4 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  10. 2.1 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  11. 2.0 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  12. 1.6 26 km N of Mackay, Idaho
  13. 2.2 28 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  14. 1.6 41 km NNW of Mackay, Idaho
  15. 1.6 33 km ESE of Clayton, 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.

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