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M 2.0ml

58 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming

Yes. A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 58 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming, at 8:18 am MDT on 29 March 2023 (14:18 UTC), 2.3 km deep.

· 2.3 km deep · released about 29 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 52 kmPark County 61 kmFremont County 94 kmPark County 107 kmTeton County 107 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
2.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Teton County, 52 km S
Nearest mapped fault
Eagle Bay fault, 3 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 1323 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 16 km (10 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 4.2 on 2022-05-11 — about 2,200 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.0 21 km E of West Yellowstone, Montana · 40 km WNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 26 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming · 32 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 5.7 13 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming · 50 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.5 25 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming · 44 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.3 24 km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 43 km NW 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 44.5103, -110.3685. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Teton County, WY 52 km (32 mi) S earthquakes near Teton County
Park County, WY 61 km (38 mi) E earthquakes near Park County
Fremont County, ID 94 km (59 mi) WSW earthquakes near Fremont County
Park County, MT 107 km (66 mi) N earthquakes near Park County
Teton County, ID 107 km (67 mi) SW earthquakes near Teton County
Gallatin County, MT 128 km (80 mi) NNW earthquakes near Gallatin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 45 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  2. 2.1 45 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  3. 1.9 44 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  4. 1.6 45 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  5. 1.7 23 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  6. 1.6 64 km SSW of Silver Gate, Montana
  7. 1.9 64 km SSW of Silver Gate, Montana
  8. 1.6 21 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  9. 1.7 45 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  10. 1.5 49 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  11. 2.0 45 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  12. 1.6 49 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  13. 1.9 46 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  14. 1.8 47 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  15. 1.7 46 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana

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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