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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

42 km SE of Challis, Idaho

· 10 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Custer County 36 kmLemhi County 71 kmButte County 84 kmBlaine County 100 kmClark County 115 kmCamas County 117 kmBeaverhead County 118 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 1.8 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Custer County, 36 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1407 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 44.2896, -113.7976. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Custer County, ID 36 km (23 mi) E of here earthquakes near Custer County
Lemhi County, ID 71 km (44 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lemhi County
Butte County, ID 84 km (52 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Butte County
Blaine County, ID 100 km (62 mi) N of here earthquakes near Blaine County
Clark County, ID 115 km (71 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clark County
Camas County, ID 117 km (73 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Camas 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. 2.4 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  2. 2.4 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  3. 2.1 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  4. 2.0 26 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  5. 3.2 25 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  6. 4.3 24 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  7. 1.7 15 km SE of Challis, Idaho
  8. 1.6 26 km N of Mackay, Idaho
  9. 2.0 6 km NNW of Challis, Idaho
  10. 1.9 7 km NNW of Challis, Idaho
  11. 2.1 7 km NNW of Challis, Idaho
  12. 3.0 7 km NW of Challis, Idaho
  13. 2.2 28 km E of Clayton, Idaho
  14. 1.6 21 km NNE of Challis, Idaho
  15. 1.6 20 km NNE of Challis, 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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