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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

4 km NW of Lava Hot Springs, Idaho

· 13 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Bannock County 15 kmCaribou County 45 kmFranklin County 56 kmOneida County 64 kmPower County 64 kmBingham County 69 kmBear Lake County 72 kmBonneville County 91 kmCache County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Bannock County, 15 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1586 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 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 930,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 83× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 42.6455, -112.0593. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Bannock County, ID 15 km (9 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Bannock County
Caribou County, ID 45 km (28 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Caribou County
Franklin County, ID 56 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Franklin County
Oneida County, ID 64 km (40 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Oneida County
Power County, ID 64 km (40 mi) E of here earthquakes near Power County
Bingham County, ID 69 km (43 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Bingham County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 11 km E of Bancroft, Idaho
  2. 1.7 4 km NE of Malad City, Idaho
  3. 2.4 15 km W of Georgetown, Idaho
  4. 1.8 17 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho
  5. 2.3 17 km SSE of Grace, Idaho
  6. 2.1 13 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho
  7. 2.9 25 km WSW of Arimo, Idaho
  8. 2.3 6 km S of Bancroft, Idaho
  9. 2.8 6 km SSW of Bancroft, Idaho
  10. 2.0 3 km N of Grace, Idaho
  11. 2.3 5 km ENE of Soda Springs, Idaho
  12. 1.9 18 km SE of Grace, Idaho
  13. 1.8 16 km SW of Grace, Idaho
  14. 1.6 16 km SE of Grace, Idaho
  15. 2.3 17 km WSW 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.

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