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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Preston, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Preston in the 24 hours to 11:14 pm MST (06:14 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 50 km (31 mi) NE, at 5:05 am MDT on 15 May 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 29 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Preston
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) west-northwest of Preston, ID, at 1:15 pm MDT on 3 May 2024 (19:15 UTC), 8.2 km deep.
USGS: 6 km WSW of Clifton, Idaho
50 km (31 mi) NNW of Logan, UT
- When
- 1:15 pm MDT on 3 May 2024 ()
- Where
- 18 km (11 mi) west-northwest of Preston, ID · earthquakes near Preston
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Franklin County, 21 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- West Cache fault, 8 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 922 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 14 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Preston, 18 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: Malad City, Lewiston.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 32 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.1 17 km NE of Snowville, Utah · 40 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.0 2 km S of Richmond, Utah · 36 km SE 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 42.1588, -112.0773. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County, ID | 21 km (13 mi) | E | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Oneida County, ID | 37 km (23 mi) | W | earthquakes near Oneida County |
| Cache County, UT | 55 km (34 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Cache County |
| Bannock County, ID | 61 km (38 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Bannock County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 63 km (39 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Caribou County, ID | 82 km (51 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Caribou County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
45 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 1.6 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 2.1 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 2.2 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 1.6 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 1.6 2 km SE of Malad City, Idaho
- 2.4 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 2.2 2 km E of Malad City, Idaho
- 1.9 2 km WNW of Lewiston, Utah
- 1.9 17 km WNW of Paris, Idaho
- 2.3 17 km SSE of Grace, Idaho
- 2.9 25 km WSW of Arimo, Idaho
- 2.7 7 km NNE of Howell, Utah
- 1.9 18 km SE of Grace, Idaho
- 2.2 13 km ESE of Snowville, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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