Magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook western Idaho Monday morning. Here’s what we know

East Idaho News ^ | February 26, 2024 | Nicole Blanchard and Shaun Goodwin

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SMITHS FERRY — A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook Idaho residents Monday morning, with impacts felt in Boise in the Treasure Valley.

The quake, which the U.S. Geological Survey said occurred at 10:25 a.m., is the largest in Idaho since a magnitude 6.5 quake occurred in March 2020. The agency said Monday’s quake originated near Smiths Ferry, about 50 miles south of McCall.

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Pretty big quake close to Yellowstone.

[tomkat]

My first thought too   :-\

[xoxox]

Pretty much the epicenter for MAGA, I’m given to understand.

[mewzilla]

Prof Willsey is a geology professor at a college in Southern Idaho. He has an excellent YouTube channel that focuses on geology. He just posted a video on the earthquake out there.

M4.9 earthquake rattles Western Idaho...

[Fledermaus]

What we know : the earth moves, under our feet. And we feel the sky tumbling down.

[reasonisfaith]

Not sure what the initial depth was. But:

“At 10:46 a.m., USGS stated there was a second 2.7 magnitude quake roughly six miles northwest of Smiths Ferry at a depth of around ten kilometers.”

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/49-magnitude-earthquake-smiths-ferry/277-a5cbed98-73d3-456c-84af-5800706a3bb2

The 10 km depth makes it more likely it was the good guys blowing up the child sex trafficking tunnels of the bad guys.

[Godzilla]

Not close at all, nor structurally connected. That part of Idaho is very active seismically and a 4+ is not that much out of the ordinary

[Oorang]

Smith’s Ferry is 280 miles west of Yellowstone. Not exactly close.

[C210N]

If I said “that was DUMBs”, nobody would understand.

But, you know. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Informative. Thank you.

[Jonny7797]

4.9 is a minor. That would hardly know a picture off the wall in CA

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That’s good to know. I was only born Idaho haven’t been there since I was about 6 months old.

[Disambiguator]

I didn’t feel anything, and I’m about 50 miles south of Smith’s Ferry.

[Billthedrill]

Not a quiver in northern Idaho, just a snowstorm. I blame the sun spots. That or evil spirits, and we have enough of those in DC.

[Vendome]

4.9?

i live one mile from San Andreas and a 4.9 is only going to make laugh...

Literally

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Thank you for the link.

South of Boise, I thought it was a sudden gust of wind. It was noticeable for less than maybe a second. Now, I know it was an earthquake.

[FrozenAssets]

We don’t even wake up for anything under a 5.

[Duke C.]

"...Where can we go,
when there's no San Francisco,
shh, better get ready,
to tie off the boat in Idaho..."

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Why is “East Idaho News” reporting on West Idaho News?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

We miss you. Come on back!

My mom was born in Sandpoint, ID and left when she was about 3 months old. But they moved to Potlatch where she spent the 20 years before Dad married her and took her east.