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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Malad City, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in Malad City in the 24 hours to 7:05 pm MST (02:05 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 3 km (2 mi) E, at 10:44 am MDT on 15 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Malad City

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) west of Malad City, ID, at 4:44 pm MST on 24 December 2024 (23:44 UTC), 6.1 km deep.

USGS: 30 km NNE of Snowville, Utah

4:44 pm MST, Dec 24, 2024 · · 6.1 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Oneida County 11 kmPower County 54 kmBannock County 61 kmFranklin County 67 kmBox Elder County 76 kmCassia County 81 kmCache County 92 kmMinidoka County 107 kmBear Lake County 108 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
4:44 pm MST on 24 December 2024 ()
Where
32 km (20 mi) west of Malad City, ID · earthquakes near Malad City
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
6.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Oneida County, 11 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Curlew Valley faults, 9 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 681 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Malad City, 32 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 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:

  1. 6.1 17 km NE of Snowville, Utah · 21 km SSE of this epicentre
  2. 5.6 Hansel Valley, Utah · 48 km S 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 42.2330, -112.6383. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Oneida County, ID 11 km (7 mi) ESE earthquakes near Oneida County
Power County, ID 54 km (34 mi) NNW earthquakes near Power County
Bannock County, ID 61 km (38 mi) NNE earthquakes near Bannock County
Franklin County, ID 67 km (42 mi) E earthquakes near Franklin County
Box Elder County, UT 76 km (47 mi) SSW earthquakes near Box Elder County
Cassia County, ID 81 km (51 mi) W earthquakes near Cassia County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.9 10 km SSW of Portage, Utah
  2. 0.1 13 km E of Snowville, Utah
  3. 0.7 10 km SE of Snowville, Utah
  4. 2.1 15 km WNW of Howell, Utah
  5. 2.0 12 km NNE of Howell, Utah
  6. 2.5 25 km NNW of Snowville, Utah
  7. 2.3 26 km NNW of Snowville, Utah
  8. 1.6 2 km E of Malad City, Idaho
  9. 2.0 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  10. 1.7 4 km NE of Malad City, Idaho
  11. 2.4 2 km E of Malad City, Idaho
  12. 1.5 3 km ENE of Malad City, Idaho
  13. 1.6 3 km E of Malad City, Idaho
  14. 2.6 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
  15. 1.8 2 km ESE 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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