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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Jackson, WY

No earthquake was likely felt in Jackson in the 24 hours to 1:28 pm MST (20:28 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 23 km (14 mi) S, at 6:18 pm MST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Jackson

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 29 km (18 mi) east of Jackson, WY, at 10:02 am MDT on 15 June 2022 (16:02 UTC), 5.0 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 21 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming

10:02 am MDT, Jun 15, 2022 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 59 kmTeton County 71 kmSublette County 92 kmBonneville County 99 kmMadison County 105 kmFremont County 116 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
10:02 am MDT on 15 June 2022 ()
Where
29 km (18 mi) east of Jackson, WY · earthquakes near Jackson
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Teton County, 59 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1544 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Jackson, 29 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 4.8 on 2016-08-27 — about 5,600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.0 20 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming · 6 km NNE 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 43.5196, -110.4013. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Teton County, WY 59 km (37 mi) N earthquakes near Teton County
Teton County, ID 71 km (44 mi) WNW earthquakes near Teton County
Sublette County, WY 92 km (57 mi) SSE earthquakes near Sublette County
Bonneville County, ID 99 km (62 mi) W earthquakes near Bonneville County
Madison County, ID 105 km (65 mi) WNW earthquakes near Madison County
Fremont County, ID 116 km (72 mi) NW earthquakes near Fremont County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 8 km W of Hoback, Wyoming
  2. 3.1 10 km W of Hoback, Wyoming
  3. 2.1 8 km WNW of Hoback, Wyoming
  4. 1.8 8 km W of Hoback, Wyoming
  5. 2.5 26 km NNE of Bondurant, Wyoming
  6. 2.9 13 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
  7. 2.6 10 km S of Bondurant, Wyoming
  8. 1.7 7 km SE of South Park, Wyoming
  9. 2.5 23 km ESE of Kelly, Wyoming
  10. 1.9 9 km E of Kelly, Wyoming
  11. 1.8 22 km E of Kelly, Wyoming
  12. 1.8 14 km SSE of Bondurant, Wyoming
  13. 1.6 8 km S of Hoback, Wyoming
  14. 1.9 5 km NNW of Hoback, Wyoming
  15. 1.7 5 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming

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

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