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M 1.8ml

43 km NNE of Alta, Wyoming

· 8.8 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 27 kmTeton County 52 kmFremont County 59 kmMadison County 79 kmPark County 103 kmBonneville County 104 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 1.8 (ml)
Depth
8.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Teton County, 27 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1627 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 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 790,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 70× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 44.0940, -110.7615. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Teton County, WY 27 km (17 mi) W of here earthquakes near Teton County
Teton County, ID 52 km (32 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Teton County
Fremont County, ID 59 km (37 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Fremont County
Madison County, ID 79 km (49 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Madison County
Park County, WY 103 km (64 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Park County
Bonneville County, ID 104 km (65 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

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

  1. 1.7 58 km N of Kelly, Wyoming
  2. 2.5 Wyoming
  3. 2.4 54 km NE of Alta, Wyoming
  4. 2.2 54 km NE of Alta, Wyoming
  5. 2.1 49 km NNE of Kelly, Wyoming
  6. 2.0 49 km NNE of Kelly, Wyoming
  7. 1.5 Wyoming
  8. 1.5 Wyoming
  9. 2.2 45 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho
  10. 1.6 Wyoming
  11. 2.0 68 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  12. 1.6 Wyoming
  13. 1.8 41 km SSE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  14. 1.8 Wyoming
  15. 2.1 59 km ENE of Warm River, 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.

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