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M 1.7ml

8 km NW of Alpine Northwest, Wyoming

· 11 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Bonneville County 46 kmTeton County 59 kmCaribou County 61 kmMadison County 76 kmBingham County 105 kmTeton County 106 kmBear Lake County 107 kmSublette County 109 kmBannock County 110 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Bonneville County, 46 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1446 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 43.2342, -111.1018. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Bonneville County, ID 46 km (28 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Bonneville County
Teton County, ID 59 km (37 mi) S of here earthquakes near Teton County
Caribou County, ID 61 km (38 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Caribou County
Madison County, ID 76 km (47 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Madison County
Bingham County, ID 105 km (65 mi) E of here earthquakes near Bingham County
Teton County, WY 106 km (66 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Teton 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. 2.5 8 km E of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  2. 2.6 18 km WNW of Auburn, Wyoming
  3. 1.7 7 km SE of South Park, Wyoming
  4. 2.1 7 km ESE of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming
  5. 1.6 18 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  6. 1.5 18 km ENE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  7. 1.8 8 km NW of Wilson, Wyoming
  8. 1.5 8 km NW of Wilson, Wyoming
  9. 2.1 8 km WNW of Wilson, Wyoming
  10. 1.6 8 km S of Hoback, Wyoming
  11. 1.9 5 km NNW of Hoback, Wyoming
  12. 1.7 5 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming
  13. 2.0 19 km ENE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  14. 2.8 18 km NE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
  15. 1.7 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.

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