Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0ml
2 km ESE of Malad City, Idaho
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Oneida County, 25 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 27 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 42.1822, -112.2195. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida County, ID | 25 km (15 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Oneida County |
| Franklin County, ID | 33 km (20 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Bannock County, ID | 57 km (35 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Bannock County |
| Cache County, UT | 63 km (39 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Cache County |
| Bear Lake County, ID | 74 km (46 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Bear Lake County |
| Power County, ID | 77 km (48 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Power County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 1 km SE of Cornish, Utah
- 1.7 1 km SE of Cornish, Utah
- 2.0 12 km NNE of Howell, Utah
- 1.6 2 km E 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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