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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

2 km ENE of Manhattan, Montana

· 5.0 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Gallatin County 40 kmBroadwater County 54 kmJefferson County 65 kmPark County 75 kmMadison County 76 kmMeagher County 86 kmSilver Bow County 105 kmSweet Grass County 106 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Gallatin County, 40 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2122 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 45.8627, -111.3063. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Gallatin County, MT 40 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Gallatin County
Broadwater County, MT 54 km (34 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Broadwater County
Jefferson County, MT 65 km (40 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Park County, MT 75 km (46 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Park County
Madison County, MT 76 km (47 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Madison County
Meagher County, MT 86 km (53 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Meagher County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 3 km WNW of Ponderosa Pines, Montana
  2. 1.6 9 km NNE of Three Forks, Montana
  3. 1.5 5 km NW of Logan, Montana
  4. 2.0 5 km NNE of Willow Creek, Montana
  5. 2.3 16 km SSW of Radersburg, Montana
  6. 1.6 15 km ESE of Harrison, Montana
  7. 2.2 2 km SE of Three Forks, Montana
  8. 1.6 5 km SW of Ponderosa Pines, Montana
  9. 2.2 5 km WSW of Ponderosa Pines, Montana
  10. 1.5 8 km ENE of Toston, Montana
  11. 1.9 14 km SW of Radersburg, Montana
  12. 1.9 14 km SW of Radersburg, Montana
  13. 1.6 15 km SW of Radersburg, Montana
  14. 2.2 10 km NE of Toston, Montana
  15. 1.5 1 km ENE of Toston, Montana

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 4.2 on 2019-08-16 — it released about 7,900 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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