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M 1.9ml

4 km NE of Franklin, Idaho

· 6.1 km deep · released about 23 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Franklin County 15 kmCache County 35 kmBear Lake County 45 kmOneida County 64 kmRich County 64 kmBannock County 81 kmCaribou County 84 kmWeber County 87 kmLincoln County 92 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Franklin County, 15 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 845 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 23 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 660,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 470,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 42× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 23 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.

Where

Epicentre 42.0475, -111.7720. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Franklin County, ID 15 km (9 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Franklin County
Cache County, UT 35 km (22 mi) N of here earthquakes near Cache County
Bear Lake County, ID 45 km (28 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Bear Lake County
Oneida County, ID 64 km (40 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Oneida County
Rich County, UT 64 km (40 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Rich County
Bannock County, ID 81 km (50 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Bannock County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  2. 1.7 4 km NE of Malad City, Idaho
  3. 2.4 2 km E of Malad City, Idaho
  4. 1.5 3 km ENE of Malad City, Idaho
  5. 1.6 3 km E of Malad City, Idaho
  6. 2.6 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  7. 1.8 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  8. 2.4 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  9. 1.6 3 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  10. 1.6 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  11. 1.6 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  12. 2.1 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  13. 2.2 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  14. 1.6 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  15. 1.6 2 km SE of Malad City, 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.

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