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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Conda, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Conda in the 24 hours to 2:50 pm MST (21:50 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 13 km (8 mi) SE, at 10:47 am MDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Conda
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) south-southeast of Conda, ID, at 8:48 pm MDT on 16 September 2017 (02:48 UTC), 8.0 km deep.
USGS: 9 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- When
- 8:48 pm MDT on 16 September 2017 ()
- Where
- 21 km (13 mi) south-southeast of Conda, ID · earthquakes near Conda
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Caribou County, 27 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Western Bear Lake fault, 7 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 3210 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Conda, 21 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Soda Springs, Montpelier.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.3 on 2017-09-02 — about 250,000 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 · 42 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.3 Southeastern Idaho · 49 km N of this epicentre
- 5.3 29 km WSW of Freedom, Idaho · 40 km N 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 42.5645, -111.4105. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou County, ID | 27 km (17 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 32 km (20 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Franklin County, ID | 55 km (34 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Bannock County, ID | 68 km (43 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Bannock County |
| Lincoln County, WY | 70 km (44 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Bonneville County, ID | 94 km (58 mi) | N | earthquakes near Bonneville 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.
- 3.0 13 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 3.7 13 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.8 11 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.6 14 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.3 14 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 2.1 6 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.9 12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 1.9 11 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.8 6 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.9 6 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.6 13 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.9 6 km NW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 1.9 10 km NNW of Georgetown, Idaho
- 2.8 12 km E of Soda Springs, Idaho
- 2.0 9 km NNW of Georgetown, 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.
On USGS
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- 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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