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M 3.7mwr

11 km S of Donnelly, Idaho

· 12 km deep · released about 5.4 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Adams County 41 kmValley County 45 kmWashington County 60 kmGem County 68 kmBoise County 77 kmPayette County 87 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 3.7 (mwr)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
193 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Adams County, 41 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 718 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 193 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.4 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.7 about 5.4 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 11× more

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 44.6246, -116.0793. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Adams County, ID 41 km (26 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Adams County
Valley County, ID 45 km (28 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Valley County
Washington County, ID 60 km (37 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Gem County, ID 68 km (42 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Gem County
Boise County, ID 77 km (48 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Boise County
Payette County, ID 87 km (54 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Payette 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. 2.3 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  2. 2.2 9 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  3. 1.6 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  4. 2.7 11 km NW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  5. 2.4 7 km NW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  6. 2.4 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  7. 3.0 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  8. 2.1 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  9. 2.3 10 km SW of Cascade, Idaho
  10. 1.7 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  11. 2.2 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  12. 1.9 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  13. 1.6 9 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  14. 2.4 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
  15. 2.1 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, 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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