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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Malad City, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in Malad City in the 24 hours to 12:13 am MST (07:13 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 3 km (2 mi) E, at 10:44 am MDT on 15 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Malad City

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) south-southwest of Malad City, ID, at 8:40 pm MST on 10 December 2022 (03:40 UTC), 3.9 km deep.

USGS: 11 km SSW of Malad City, Idaho

56 km (35 mi) NW of Logan, UT

8:40 pm MST, Dec 10, 2022 · · 3.9 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Oneida County 19 kmFranklin County 41 kmCache County 63 kmBannock County 66 kmPower County 79 kmBox Elder County 82 kmBear Lake County 84 kmCaribou County 99 kmWeber County 100 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
8:40 pm MST on 10 December 2022 ()
Where
11 km (7 mi) south-southwest of Malad City, ID · earthquakes near Malad City
Idaho today
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Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
3.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Oneida County, 19 km WNW
Nearest mapped fault
Wasatch fault, 9 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1431 days ago

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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Malad City, 11 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 16 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 5.8 930,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 660,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 59× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.1 17 km NE of Snowville, Utah · 20 km WSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.6 Hansel Valley, Utah · 46 km SW of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 2 km S of Richmond, Utah · 47 km ESE 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 42.1037, -112.3165. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Oneida County, ID 19 km (12 mi) WNW earthquakes near Oneida County
Franklin County, ID 41 km (26 mi) E earthquakes near Franklin County
Cache County, UT 63 km (39 mi) SE earthquakes near Cache County
Bannock County, ID 66 km (41 mi) N earthquakes near Bannock County
Power County, ID 79 km (49 mi) NNW earthquakes near Power County
Box Elder County, UT 82 km (51 mi) SW earthquakes near Box Elder County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 10 km NNW of Howell, Utah
  2. 2.0 10 km NNW of Howell, Utah
  3. 2.1 11 km NNW of Howell, Utah
  4. 2.4 11 km ESE of Snowville, Utah
  5. 1.7 5 km WSW of Portage, Utah
  6. 2.2 11 km SW of Portage, Utah
  7. 2.1 10 km NNW of Howell, Utah
  8. 1.5 30 km NNE of Snowville, Utah
  9. 1.5 11 km NNE of Malad City, Idaho
  10. 1.7 6 km ESE of Howell, Utah
  11. 1.7 10 km ESE of Snowville, Utah
  12. 1.7 10 km ESE of Snowville, Utah
  13. 1.8 8 km WSW of Snowville, Utah
  14. 1.9 4 km NE of Franklin, Idaho
  15. 1.9 5 km WSW of Clifton, 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.

On USGS

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