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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Lyman, WY

No earthquake was likely felt in Lyman in the 24 hours to 1:38 am MST (08:38 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 43 km (27 mi) NE, at 5:37 pm MST on 6 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Lyman

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 12 km (7 mi) northeast of Lyman, WY, at 2:54 pm MDT on 28 September 2025 (20:54 UTC), 42 km deep.

USGS: 11 km NE of Lyman, Wyoming

2:54 pm MDT, Sep 28, 2025 · · 42 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Uinta County 33 kmDaggett County 81 kmSummit County 88 kmRich County 91 kmLincoln County 101 kmSweetwater County 113 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
2:54 pm MDT on 28 September 2025 ()
Where
12 km (7 mi) northeast of Lyman, WY · earthquakes near Lyman
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
42 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Uinta County, 33 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 408 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Lyman, 12 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Mountain View.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.2 8 km SE of Little America, Wyoming · 36 km ENE 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 41.3995, -110.1893. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Uinta County, WY 33 km (21 mi) WSW earthquakes near Uinta County
Daggett County, UT 81 km (50 mi) SE earthquakes near Daggett County
Summit County, UT 88 km (55 mi) SW earthquakes near Summit County
Rich County, UT 91 km (57 mi) WNW earthquakes near Rich County
Lincoln County, WY 101 km (63 mi) NNW earthquakes near Lincoln County
Sweetwater County, WY 113 km (70 mi) ENE earthquakes near Sweetwater County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.1 3 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
  2. 3.0 2 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
  3. 3.3 3 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
  4. 2.8 10 km N of Little America, Wyoming
  5. 2.8 2 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
  6. 3.1 3 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
  7. 3.4 3 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
  8. 3.0 2 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
  9. 3.0 3 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
  10. 3.1 2 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
  11. 3.3 2 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
  12. 3.1 2 km NNW of Little America, Wyoming
  13. 3.3 2 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
  14. 3.2 2 km NW of Little America, Wyoming
  15. 3.5 1 km NW of Little America, Wyoming

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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