Montana earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 26 km NW of Lima, Montana

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 26 km NW of Lima, Montana on Wed, Feb 5, 2014, 9:02 PM MST (04:02 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 25 km NE of Lima, Montana. This one was a foreshock.

Dillon forecastMore in Montana

Map

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

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Local time
UTC
2014-02-06 04:02:27 UTC
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
44.799° N, 112.833° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.50
Station coverage gap
119°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.639 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 4619 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.038 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 4619 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.744 km NE of Spencer, Idaho · 4606 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.535 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 4603 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.121 km NE of Lima, Montana · 4602 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.736 km S of Ennis, Montana · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.525 km NE of Lima, Montana · 4577 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.026 km NE of Lima, Montana · 4577 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.833 km S of Lima, Montana · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.538 km NE of Spencer, Idaho · 4576 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.244 km NE of Spencer, Idaho · 4567 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.714 km NNE of Dillon, Montana · 4566 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.06 km ENE of Lima, Montana · 4564 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 1.629 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 4651 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away

Earthquakes todayMontana earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb14338892. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:59 PM UTC.