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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

41 km S of Silver Gate, Montana

· 16 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Park County 36 kmTeton County 74 kmCarbon County 100 kmPark County 101 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
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Park County, 36 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2012 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 6.6 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 2,300,000× 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 6.6 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 44.6362, -109.9975. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Park County, WY 36 km (22 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Park County
Teton County, WY 74 km (46 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Teton County
Carbon County, MT 100 km (62 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Carbon County
Park County, MT 101 km (63 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Park County
Stillwater County, MT 124 km (77 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Stillwater County
Fremont County, ID 127 km (79 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Fremont 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. 1.6 62 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  2. 1.8 63 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  3. 2.0 64 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  4. 1.6 63 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  5. 1.7 64 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  6. 2.4 65 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  7. 2.0 64 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  8. 1.5 63 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  9. 1.6 65 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming
  10. 2.1 64 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  11. 1.9 63 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  12. 2.2 63 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  13. 1.5 62 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  14. 1.9 64 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  15. 2.1 63 km ESE 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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