Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.5ml
Colorado
Yes. A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded in Colorado, 47 km (29 mi) NNW of Grand Junction, CO, at 8:59 am MST on 17 November 2022 (15:59 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
47 km (29 mi) NNW of Grand Junction, CO
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- -3.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Mesa County, 58 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1383 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Loma.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 160 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 95,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 68,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 160 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2018-08-24 — about 270 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 39.4628, -108.8147. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa County, CO | 58 km (36 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Mesa County |
| Rio Blanco County, CO | 77 km (48 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Rio Blanco County |
| Garfield County, CO | 79 km (49 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Garfield County |
| Grand County, UT | 85 km (53 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Grand County |
| Uintah County, UT | 95 km (59 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Uintah County |
| Delta County, CO | 106 km (66 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Delta County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 14 km NE of Fruita, Colorado
- 2.8 29 km WNW of De Beque, Colorado
- 1.7 39 km S of Bonanza, Utah
- 1.7 24 km NNE of Loma, Colorado
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
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