(Jackson, WY) – As first reported by our friends at Buckrail, a 3.9 magnitude earthquake was registered Thursday night.
According to data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the quake’s epicenter occurred just about 10 miles east of Jackson at 11:07 p.m. Thursday night.
An earthquake of that magnitude is still considered “light” on the Richter scale, however some Jackson-area residents took to social media, including via Buckrail’s Facebook page, to tell others they had felt some rumbling.
Since the event was after 11:00 p.m. many people who said they felt something were in bed. A couple folks blamed their dogs for the rumbling.
Charity explained, “I felt it but thought it was my dog itching….lol”
Meanwhile, Matilda posted, “It felt like a dog jumped on the bed. I don’t have a dog.”
Leif’s social media comments garnered the most reactions however, saying they felt the quake from a Jackson hospital during their first night as new parents.
Luckily, no damage was reported.
The USGS estimates that the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, including the Jackson area, sees 3,000 earthquakes annually. And even though a 3.9 magnitude is relatively small, those 3,000 are usually even smaller.
The largest earthquake in modern Wyoming history was measuredz at 6.3 in Yellowstone National Park in 1953. The epicenter of that one was at Hebgen Lake in Montana where it registered as a 7.2.