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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Star Valley Ranch, WY
No earthquake was likely felt in Star Valley Ranch in the 24 hours to 7:40 am MST (14:40 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 75 km (47 mi) SSW, at 5:05 am MDT on 15 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 29 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Star Valley Ranch
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) east of Star Valley Ranch, WY, at 7:46 pm MDT on 5 July 2024 (01:46 UTC), 10 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8 km E of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
- When
- 7:46 pm MDT on 5 July 2024 ()
- Where
- 9 km (5 mi) east of Star Valley Ranch, WY · earthquakes near Star Valley Ranch
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Caribou County, 60 km WSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Grand Valley fault, 6 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 755 days ago
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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. In Star Valley Ranch, 9 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.
Likely felt in: Star Valley Ranch 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- 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 4.8 on 2016-08-27 — about 2,800 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.8 4 km SSE of Auburn, Wyoming · 25 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 37 km W of this epicentre
- 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 45 km W 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 42.9620, -110.8488. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou County, ID | 60 km (37 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Sublette County, WY | 79 km (49 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Sublette County |
| Bonneville County, ID | 79 km (49 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Bonneville County |
| Lincoln County, WY | 83 km (51 mi) | S | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 85 km (53 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Teton County, ID | 94 km (58 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Teton County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.7 26 km NE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.9 13 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming
- 2.3 10 km SW of Auburn, Wyoming
- 2.0 3 km NE of Hoback, Wyoming
- 2.5 18 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
- 3.6 13 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
- 1.8 19 km SW of Freedom, Idaho
- 2.3 17 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
- 1.8 17 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming
- 1.7 18 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming
- 2.6 5 km NNE of Star Valley Ranch, Wyoming
- 2.9 15 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho
- 1.6 22 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.8 22 km NNE of Georgetown, Idaho
- 3.2 20 km W of Fairview, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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