M1.7 earthquake 19 km N of Dillon, Montana
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 19 km N of Dillon, Montana on Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 1:43 PM MDT (19:43 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 3 km SE of Willow Creek, Montana. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-04-29 19:43:58 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.390° N, 112.634° W
- Region
- Montana
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Automatic solution, may be revised
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.50
- Station coverage gap
- 166°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.43 km SE of Willow Creek, Montana · 4529 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.315 km WSW of Amsterdam, Montana · 4511 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.41 km SW of Lima, Montana · 4508 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.822 km E of Salmon, Idaho · 4507 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.841 km S of Virginia City, Montana · 4506 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.632 km NNE of Leadore, Idaho · 4502 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Whitehall, Montana · 4486 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.515 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 4474 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 1.89 km SE of Lima, Montana · 4548 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Dillon, Montana · 4552 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.118 km NNW of Twin Bridges, Montana · 4553 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.06 km ENE of Lima, Montana · 4554 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.714 km NNE of Dillon, Montana · 4556 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.244 km NE of Spencer, Idaho · 4557 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb14197648. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.