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M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Pocatello, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Pocatello in the 24 hours to 5:23 pm MST (00:23 UTC). The last one was M 6.5, 279 km (173 mi) NW, at 5:52 pm MDT on 31 March 2020, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 23,163 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pocatello
This page: a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) south of Pocatello, ID, at 2:44 am MST on 12 November 2025 (09:44 UTC), 9.9 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 25 km WSW of Arimo, Idaho
48 km (30 mi) S of Pocatello, ID
- When
- 2:44 am MST on 12 November 2025 ()
- Where
- 48 km (30 mi) south of Pocatello, ID · earthquakes near Pocatello
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Oneida County, 30 km SSW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Wasatch fault, 11 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 191 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 30 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Pocatello, 48 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 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.1 17 km NE of Snowville, Utah · 43 km SSW 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 42.4425, -112.4377. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida County, ID | 30 km (18 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Oneida County |
| Bannock County, ID | 33 km (20 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Bannock County |
| Power County, ID | 44 km (27 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Power County |
| Franklin County, ID | 59 km (36 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Caribou County, ID | 82 km (51 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Caribou County |
| Bingham County, ID | 86 km (54 mi) | N | earthquakes near Bingham County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
21 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 25 km NNW of Snowville, Utah
- 2.3 26 km NNW of Snowville, Utah
- 1.6 2 km E of Malad City, Idaho
- 2.0 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 1.7 4 km NE of Malad City, Idaho
- 2.4 2 km E of Malad City, Idaho
- 1.5 3 km ENE of Malad City, Idaho
- 1.6 3 km E of Malad City, Idaho
- 2.6 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 1.8 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 2.4 2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 1.6 3 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- 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
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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- 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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