Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7md
Earthquake near Green River, WY
USGS: 4 km ESE of Little America, Wyoming
- When
- 2:27 pm MST on 13 February 2022 ()
- Where
- 28 km (18 mi) W of Green River, WY · earthquakes near Green River
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (md)
- Depth
- -3.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Uinta County, 68 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1667 days ago
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 28 km (18 mi) W of Green River, WY, at 2:27 pm MST on 13 February 2022 (21:27 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.2 8 km SE of Little America, Wyoming · 4 km SSE 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 41.5268, -109.8055. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uinta County, WY | 68 km (42 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Uinta County |
| Daggett County, UT | 75 km (47 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Daggett County |
| Sweetwater County, WY | 79 km (49 mi) | E | earthquakes near Sweetwater County |
| Lincoln County, WY | 107 km (66 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Rich County, UT | 120 km (74 mi) | W | earthquakes near Rich County |
| Summit County, UT | 122 km (76 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Summit County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.8 2 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.1 3 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.4 3 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.8 22 km NE of Granger, Wyoming
- 3.0 2 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.0 3 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.1 2 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.3 2 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.1 2 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.3 2 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.2 2 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.5 1 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.2 2 km WNW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.2 2 km WNW of Little America, Wyoming
- 3.3 1 km NW of Little America, 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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