M1.6 earthquake 18 km SW of Georgetown, Idaho
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 18 km SW of Georgetown, Idaho on Sat, May 1, 1982, 10:08 PM MDT (04:08 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 19 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-05-02 04:08:08 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.383° N, 111.549° W
- Region
- Idaho
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.8 km horizontally, 15.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 167°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.819 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 16215 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.021 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 16186 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.620 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 16186 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.712 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 16176 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 16166 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Malad City, Idaho · 16166 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 16166 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu50004350. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:50 PM UTC.