Wyoming earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 8 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming on Thu, Apr 7, 1994, 1:47 PM MDT (19:47 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 13 km SW of Smoot, Wyoming. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (ml), light
Local time
UTC
1994-04-07 19:47:10 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
42.629° N, 111.047° W
Region
Wyoming
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.917 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 3.26 km WNW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 3.79 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 3.16 km SSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11863 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 4.313 km SW of Smoot, Wyoming · 11863 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 3.08 km SW of Auburn, Wyoming · 11863 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 3.85 km SW of Smoot, Wyoming · 11862 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 3.913 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11861 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.82 km NNE of Afton, Wyoming · 11861 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.67 km SSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11858 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 3.89 km W of Auburn, Wyoming · 11856 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 3.610 km WSW of Smoot, Wyoming · 11854 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.46 km SW of Auburn, Wyoming · 11842 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.77 km NW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11842 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.612 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming · 11842 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.415 km E of Georgetown, Idaho · 11841 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.515 km E of Georgetown, Idaho · 11838 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.910 km W of Auburn, Wyoming · 11835 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 3.013 km WSW of Thayne, Wyoming · 11834 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 3.45 km ENE of Smoot, Wyoming · 11823 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 2.0southern Idaho · 11822 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 3.63 km WNW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11822 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 2.86 km NW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11820 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.07 km E of Preston, Idaho · 11813 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 2.95 km NNW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11806 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 3.26 km SSW of Auburn, Wyoming · 11806 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 3.91 km SSW of Auburn, Wyoming · 11806 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 3.14 km NW of Grover, Wyoming · 11806 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 3.77 km WNW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11804 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 3.03 km WSW of Etna, Wyoming · 11804 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.912 km WSW of Smoot, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 3.217 km SW of Smoot, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.9southern Idaho · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 3.06 km W of Smoot, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.710 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 3.57 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 4.311 km SW of Smoot, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.25 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.41 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 11864 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.7southern Idaho · 11865 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 3.010 km WSW of Auburn, Wyoming · 11867 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.710 km SE of Grace, Idaho · 11867 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.810 km WNW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11867 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 3.114 km W of Fairview, Wyoming · 11869 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 3.515 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11869 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 3.813 km WSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11869 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.88 km W of Auburn, Wyoming · 11869 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.67 km W of Auburn, Wyoming · 11872 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  19. 3.2Wyoming · 11874 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 3.19 km W of Auburn, Wyoming · 11877 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away

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