M3.8 earthquake 14 km W of Fairview, Wyoming
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 14 km W of Fairview, Wyoming on Sun, Jul 17, 1994, 2:56 AM MDT (08:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.8 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1994-07-17 08:56:45 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.697° N, 111.161° W
- Region
- Wyoming
- 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.
- Depth from
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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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.714 km E of Georgetown, Idaho · 11763 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.715 km E of Georgetown, Idaho · 11763 days ago · -2 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.011 km N of Georgetown, Idaho · 11757 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.611 km W of Auburn, Wyoming · 11748 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Georgetown, Idaho · 11748 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11733 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.47 km SSW of Fairview, Wyoming · 11730 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.911 km W of Auburn, Wyoming · 11721 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Garden, Utah · 11715 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Saint Charles, Idaho · 11715 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0006ftb. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC.