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M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Malad City, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Malad City in the 24 hours to 1:26 pm MST (20:26 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 3 km (2 mi) E, at 10:44 am MDT on 15 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Malad City
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) west of Malad City, ID, at 10:31 pm MDT on 15 June 2026 (04:31 UTC), 9.5 km deep.
USGS: 25 km NNW of Snowville, Utah
- When
- 10:31 pm MDT on 15 June 2026 ()
- Where
- 44 km (27 mi) west of Malad City, ID · earthquakes near Malad City
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Oneida County, 22 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Curlew Valley faults, 16 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 72 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 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Malad City, 44 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 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 86,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 61,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.1 17 km NE of Snowville, Utah · 24 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.6 Hansel Valley, Utah · 44 km S 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 42.1888, -112.7863. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida County, ID | 22 km (14 mi) | E | earthquakes near Oneida County |
| Power County, ID | 56 km (35 mi) | N | earthquakes near Power County |
| Box Elder County, UT | 67 km (42 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Box Elder County |
| Cassia County, ID | 70 km (43 mi) | W | earthquakes near Cassia County |
| Bannock County, ID | 72 km (45 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Bannock County |
| Franklin County, ID | 79 km (49 mi) | E | earthquakes near Franklin 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.
- 0.1 13 km E of Snowville, Utah
- 0.7 10 km SE of Snowville, Utah
- 2.1 15 km WNW of Howell, Utah
- 2.0 12 km NNE of Howell, Utah
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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