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M 2.5ml

46 km NW of Island Park, Idaho

Yes. A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 46 km NW of Island Park, Idaho, at 8:30 pm MDT on 25 September 2023 (02:30 UTC), 10 km deep.

· 10 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fremont County 61 kmClark County 65 kmMadison County 68 kmBeaverhead County 98 kmGallatin County 101 kmMadison County 104 kmJefferson County 111 kmTeton 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
Idaho today
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Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Fremont County, 61 km SSE
Nearest mapped fault
Centennial fault, 14 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 1068 days ago

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 20 km (12 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 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 4.3 on 2016-06-13 — about 580 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.2 The 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana Earthquake · 47 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 30 km SSW of Big Sky, Montana · 41 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 32 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 25 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 5.2 26 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 27 km ENE of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 31 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 19 km NE 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 44.7197, -111.7899. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Fremont County, ID 61 km (38 mi) SSE earthquakes near Fremont County
Clark County, ID 65 km (41 mi) SW earthquakes near Clark County
Madison County, MT 68 km (42 mi) N earthquakes near Madison County
Beaverhead County, MT 98 km (61 mi) WNW earthquakes near Beaverhead County
Gallatin County, MT 101 km (63 mi) NNE earthquakes near Gallatin County
Madison County, ID 104 km (65 mi) S earthquakes near Madison 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. 2.0 37 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana
  2. 1.9 21 km S of Ennis, Montana
  3. 1.6 28 km SE of Virginia City, Montana
  4. 2.3 47 km NW of Island Park, Idaho
  5. 1.6 31 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana
  6. 1.8 40 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho
  7. 1.9 26 km NNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana
  8. 1.7 22 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana
  9. 1.6 43 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana
  10. 1.5 28 km S of Ennis, Montana
  11. 1.6 31 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho
  12. 1.7 29 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana
  13. 1.5 21 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana
  14. 1.6 40 km NE of Spencer, Idaho
  15. 1.9 31 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana

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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