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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Conda, ID

No earthquake was likely felt in Conda in the 24 hours to 4:11 pm MDT (22:11 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 13 km (8 mi) SE, at 10:47 am MDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Conda

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 35 km (22 mi) south-southeast of Conda, ID, at 3:54 pm MDT on 18 October 2026 (21:54 UTC), less than 1 km deep.

USGS: 8 km SW of Georgetown, Idaho

3:54 pm MDT, Oct 18, 2026 · · -1.3 km deep · released about 98 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Bear Lake County 18 kmCaribou County 41 kmFranklin County 42 kmLincoln County 66 kmBannock County 71 kmCache County 81 kmRich County 90 kmOneida County 93 kmBonneville County 109 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
3:54 pm MDT on 18 October 2026 ()
Where
35 km (22 mi) south-southeast of Conda, ID · earthquakes near Conda
Idaho today
every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
-1.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Bear Lake County, 18 km SSE
Nearest mapped fault
Western Bear Lake fault, 2 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 6 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Conda, 35 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.

Likely felt in: Montpelier 16 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 98 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 98 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.3 on 2017-09-02 — about 28,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 42.4245, -111.4392. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Bear Lake County, ID 18 km (11 mi) SSE earthquakes near Bear Lake County
Caribou County, ID 41 km (26 mi) NNW earthquakes near Caribou County
Franklin County, ID 42 km (26 mi) SW earthquakes near Franklin County
Lincoln County, WY 66 km (41 mi) ESE earthquakes near Lincoln County
Bannock County, ID 71 km (44 mi) WNW earthquakes near Bannock County
Cache County, UT 81 km (50 mi) SSW earthquakes near Cache County

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

Aftershocks so far

No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

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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