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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7ml

41 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming

· 5.5 km deep · released about 310 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 68 kmPark County 68 kmPark County 90 kmFremont County 97 kmGallatin County 112 kmTeton County 118 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
Magnitude
M 2.7 (ml)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Teton County, 68 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 410 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 310 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 50,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 35,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.1× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 310 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 44.6562, -110.4250. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Teton County, WY 68 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Teton County
Park County, WY 68 km (42 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Park County
Park County, MT 90 km (56 mi) S of here earthquakes near Park County
Fremont County, ID 97 km (60 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Fremont County
Gallatin County, MT 112 km (70 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Gallatin County
Teton County, ID 118 km (73 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Teton County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 21 km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  2. 1.5 23 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  3. 3.1 22 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  4. 1.5 23 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  5. 3.3 22 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  6. 1.7 23 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  7. 1.5 21 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  8. 1.8 55 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  9. 1.9 48 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming
  10. 1.8 24 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  11. 2.1 22 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  12. 2.0 34 km S of Silver Gate, Montana
  13. 1.6 36 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  14. 1.8 36 km S of Silver Gate, Montana
  15. 1.5 23 km SW of Mammoth, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2022-05-11 — it released about 210 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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