M2.6 earthquake 8 km SE of McCall, Idaho

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km SE of McCall, Idaho on Thu, Dec 19, 2013, 5:40 PM MST (00:40 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 11 km SSE of Donnelly, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.6	Md, duration	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.5
2.6	Md, duration	Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology	Automatic · ±0.5 · 3 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000lp8m (also filed as mb13098628). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC.