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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Weiser, ID
No earthquake was likely felt in Weiser in the 24 hours to 9:39 pm MST (04:39 UTC). The last one was M 4.3, 112 km (70 mi) N, at 12:42 am MST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 132 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Weiser
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 29 km (18 mi) east-northeast of Weiser, ID, at 5:29 pm MDT on 20 August 2024 (23:29 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 17 km SSE of Midvale, Idaho
87 km (54 mi) NNW of Boise City, ID
- When
- 5:29 pm MDT on 20 August 2024 ()
- Where
- 29 km (18 mi) east-northeast of Weiser, ID · earthquakes near Weiser
- Idaho today
- every earthquake in Idaho in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- -1.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Washington County, 19 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Big Flat fault, 17 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 811 days ago
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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 14 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Weiser, 29 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 4.9 on 2024-02-26 — about 45,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 Western Idaho · 18 km SSE 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 44.3330, -116.6222. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington County, ID | 19 km (12 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Gem County, ID | 35 km (22 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Gem County |
| Payette County, ID | 38 km (24 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Payette County |
| Adams County, ID | 62 km (38 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Adams County |
| Canyon County, ID | 79 km (49 mi) | S | earthquakes near Canyon County |
| Boise County, ID | 82 km (51 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Boise County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 19 km ESE of Richland, Oregon
- 1.7 4 km N of Emmett, Idaho
- 1.7 12 km WNW of Cascade, Idaho
- 1.8 6 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.0 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.1 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.1 8 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.1 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 1.6 8 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.1 7 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 1.6 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 1.8 6 km NNW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.0 7 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 2.4 8 km N of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
- 1.6 7 km N of Smiths Ferry, 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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