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M 1.6ml

41 km SSE of West Yellowstone, Montana

· 7.9 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Teton County 47 kmFremont County 53 kmTeton County 72 kmMadison County 90 kmPark County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Teton County, 47 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 234 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 9 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 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.

Where

Epicentre 44.3457, -110.8380. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Teton County, WY 47 km (29 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Teton County
Fremont County, ID 53 km (33 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Fremont County
Teton County, ID 72 km (44 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Teton County
Madison County, ID 90 km (56 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Madison County
Park County, WY 100 km (62 mi) W of here earthquakes near Park County
Bonneville County, ID 123 km (76 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Bonneville County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.3 7 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  2. 0.2 8 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  3. 0.1 6 km NNE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  4. 0.5 21 km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  5. 0.9 41 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming
  6. -0.2 4 km N of West Yellowstone, Montana
  7. 1.8 25 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming
  8. 1.5 62 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  9. 1.5 24 km SSE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  10. 1.6 49 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  11. 1.9 43 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho
  12. 1.5 29 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  13. 1.9 24 km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  14. 1.6 24 km ENE of West Yellowstone, Montana
  15. 1.5 30 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana

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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