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M 1.6md

72 km NNE of Kelly, Wyoming

· 11 km deep · released about 6.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 24 kmPark County 59 kmTeton County 93 kmFremont County 100 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 1.6 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Teton County, 24 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2351 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 6.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 44.2090, -110.2265. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Teton County, WY 24 km (15 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Teton County
Park County, WY 59 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Park County
Teton County, ID 93 km (58 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Teton County
Fremont County, ID 100 km (62 mi) E of here earthquakes near Fremont County
Madison County, ID 124 km (77 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madison County
Bonneville County, ID 144 km (89 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Bonneville County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.5 61 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  2. 1.7 61 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  3. 1.9 60 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  4. 1.5 60 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  5. 2.0 61 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  6. 2.3 62 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  7. 1.5 59 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  8. 1.9 60 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  9. 1.8 59 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  10. 2.0 59 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  11. 2.0 60 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  12. 2.0 60 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  13. 2.3 61 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  14. 2.6 60 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  15. 1.7 60 km SE of West Yellowstone, 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.

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