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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Evanston, WY

No earthquake was likely felt in Evanston in the 24 hours to 9:00 pm MST (04:00 UTC). The last one was M 4.7, 40 km (25 mi) S, at 7:49 am MST on 22 January 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 4,305 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Evanston

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 39 km (24 mi) northwest of Evanston, WY, at 6:06 am MST on 13 February 2024 (13:06 UTC), less than 1 km deep.

USGS: 7 km WNW of Woodruff, Utah

54 km (34 mi) ESE of Logan, UT · 104 km (65 mi) NNE of Salt Lake City, UT

6:06 am MST, Feb 13, 2024 · · -2.0 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Rich County 8 kmCache County 47 kmMorgan County 59 kmWeber County 62 kmUinta County 64 kmSummit County 79 kmBear Lake County 82 kmFranklin County 84 kmLincoln County 88 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
6:06 am MST on 13 February 2024 ()
Where
39 km (24 mi) northwest of Evanston, WY · earthquakes near Evanston
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
-2.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Rich County, 8 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1003 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. In Evanston, 39 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 27 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 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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. 5.8 8 km W of Garden City, Utah · 47 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.5 26 km E of Avon, Utah · 23 km WSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 16 km ENE of North Logan, Utah · 42 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 41.5558, -111.2353. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Rich County, UT 8 km (5 mi) N earthquakes near Rich County
Cache County, UT 47 km (29 mi) WNW earthquakes near Cache County
Morgan County, UT 59 km (37 mi) SSW earthquakes near Morgan County
Weber County, UT 62 km (39 mi) WSW earthquakes near Weber County
Uinta County, WY 64 km (40 mi) ESE earthquakes near Uinta County
Summit County, UT 79 km (49 mi) SSE earthquakes near Summit County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 13 km ENE of Hyde Park, Utah
  2. 2.0 14 km ESE of Providence, Utah
  3. 0.8 9 km W of Garden, Utah
  4. 1.6 17 km E of North Logan, Utah
  5. 1.7 8 km SSW of Randolph, Utah
  6. 2.1 8 km SSW of Randolph, Utah
  7. 1.9 14 km ENE of Huntsville, Utah
  8. 1.6 15 km E of Providence, Utah
  9. 1.6 13 km ESE of Millville, Utah
  10. 1.9 16 km E of Providence, Utah
  11. 2.0 12 km E of Millville, Utah
  12. 2.6 12 km E of Millville, Utah
  13. 2.0 10 km W of Garden, Utah
  14. 2.0 Utah
  15. 1.5 9 km ENE of Avon, Utah

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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