M1.8 earthquake 33 km S of Lima, Montana
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 33 km S of Lima, Montana on Sun, Mar 23, 2014, 5:10 AM MDT (11:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 27 km S of Lima, Montana. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-03-23 11:10:19 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.344° N, 112.672° W
- Region
- Idaho
- 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.50
- Station coverage gap
- 76°
- Stations used
- 25
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.538 km NE of Spencer, Idaho · 4576 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.244 km NE of Spencer, Idaho · 4567 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.06 km ENE of Lima, Montana · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.89 km SE of Lima, Montana · 4558 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.030 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4552 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.527 km S of Lima, Montana · 4532 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.41 km SW of Lima, Montana · 4518 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
Before
- 2.026 km NE of Lima, Montana · 4578 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.525 km NE of Lima, Montana · 4578 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.121 km NE of Lima, Montana · 4603 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.535 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 4603 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.744 km NE of Spencer, Idaho · 4606 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb14249970. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:20 PM UTC.