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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

34 km E of West Yellowstone, Montana

· 5.0 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 71 kmFremont County 81 kmPark County 88 kmPark County 90 kmGallatin County 103 kmTeton County 109 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Teton County, 71 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 314 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 7.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 44.6615, -110.6743. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Teton County, WY 71 km (44 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Teton County
Fremont County, ID 81 km (50 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Fremont County
Park County, WY 88 km (54 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Park County
Park County, MT 90 km (56 mi) S of here earthquakes near Park County
Gallatin County, MT 103 km (64 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Gallatin County
Teton County, ID 109 km (68 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

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

  1. 1.7 32 km SW of Silver Gate, Montana
  2. 1.5 32 km SW of Silver Gate, Montana
  3. 1.6 32 km SW of Silver Gate, Montana
  4. 1.6 34 km SE of Mammoth, Wyoming
  5. 1.7 46 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming
  6. 1.7 46 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming
  7. 1.6 47 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming
  8. 2.1 42 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming
  9. 1.6 22 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  10. 1.9 32 km SE of Mammoth, Wyoming
  11. 2.0 8 km ESE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana
  12. 2.2 8 km ESE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana
  13. 2.2 8 km ESE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana
  14. 1.6 41 km SSE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  15. 1.8 41 km SSE 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 4.4 on 2017-06-16 — it released about 13,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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