Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.9ml
21 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho
Yes. A magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 21 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho, at 2:07 pm MST on 15 November 2020 (21:07 UTC), 10 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
- When
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Custer County, 63 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Sawtooth fault, 15 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 2115 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. 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 6.5 on 2020-03-31 — about 250,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.1 37 km N of Stanley, Idaho · 20 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.0 44 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho · 23 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 44.4015, -115.0244. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County, ID | 63 km (39 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Custer County |
| Valley County, ID | 69 km (43 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Valley County |
| Boise County, ID | 72 km (45 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Boise County |
| Camas County, ID | 102 km (63 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Camas County |
| Lemhi County, ID | 107 km (67 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Lemhi County |
| Gem County, ID | 116 km (72 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Gem 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.
- 1.9 13 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.9 21 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
- 2.5 14 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
- 2.1 24 km NW of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.9 14 km NNW of Stanley, Idaho
- 2.4 20 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho
- 1.9 33.7 km SE of Stanley, ID
- 2.2 14.8 km SSE of Stanley, ID
- 2.1 14.7 km SSE of Stanley, ID
- 2.3 14.9 km ESE of Stanley, ID
- 1.9 22.6 km ESE of Stanley, ID
- 2.0 13.6 km SSE of Stanley, ID
- 2.0 24.4 km SE of Stanley, ID
- 1.9 19.5 km ESE of Stanley, ID
- 2.2 23.7 km SE of Stanley, ID
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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