Past earthquakes in or near Idaho, USA: 2020 - list, stats and map

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In 2020, Idaho has had 3,224 quakes of magnitudes up to 6.5:

1 quake above magnitude 6
19 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
287 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
1,867 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
1,050 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Past earthquakes in or near Idaho, USA: 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 31, 2020 10:22 am (Boise)	3.4 19 km		Southern Idaho, USA	Info
Dec 31, 2020 05:32 am (Boise)	3.1 4.8 km		21 Km WNW of Stanley, Idaho, USA	Info
Thursday, December 24, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 24, 2020 12:36 pm (Boise)	3.1 8.1 km		10 Km WNW of Stanley, Idaho, USA	Info
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 23, 2020 03:00 pm (Los Angeles)	3.8 5.8 km	163 km (101 mi) to the SW	26 Km WSW of Battle Mountain, Nevada, USA	Info
Monday, December 14, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 14, 2020 01:00 pm (Denver)	3.7 5 km	15 km (9.3 mi) to the E	4.9 mi east of Lima, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA	Info
Sunday, December 13, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 13, 2020 06:05 am (Boise)	3.2 10 km		10 mi southwest of Stanley, Idaho, USA 1 report	Info
Friday, December 11, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 11, 2020 12:40 pm (Boise)	4.1 5 km		Custer County, 81 mi northeast of Boise, Idaho, USA 3 reports	Info
Saturday, December 5, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 5, 2020 12:37 pm (Denver)	3.2 2 km	197 km (122 mi) to the SE	Wyoming	Info
Dec 5, 2020 01:19 am (Denver)	3.2 12 km	137 km (85 mi) to the N	1 mi southeast of Columbia Falls, Montana, USA 14 reports	Info
Sunday, November 29, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 29, 2020 03:38 pm (Edmonton)	3.2 1 km	147 km (91 mi) to the N	East Kootenay, 14 km northwest of Elkford, British Columbia, Canada	Info
Friday, November 27, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 27, 2020 12:15 am (Boise)	3.5 7.1 km		3 mi northeast of Cape Horn (historical), Custer County, Idaho, USA	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 3.8 x 10¹⁴ joules (107 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 91806 tons of TNT or 5.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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