Idaho earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 10 km WSW of Lima, Montana

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km WSW of Lima, Montana on Sun, Jul 6, 2014, 9:35 AM MDT (15:35 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M3.9 13 km N of Dillon, Montana. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Mc), micro
Magnitude from
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Local time
UTC
2014-07-06 15:35:57 UTC
Depth
12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
44.611° N, 112.716° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.50
Station coverage gap
61°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.641 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4468 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.841 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4468 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.714 km NNE of Dillon, Montana · 4463 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.740 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4457 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 2.218 km NNE of Dillon, Montana · 4453 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 3.913 km N of Dillon, Montana · 4448 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 29
  7. 1.631 km SSW of Dillon, Montana · 4445 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.518 km N of Dillon, Montana · 4439 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 2.143 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 4429 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.840 km SE of Leadore, Idaho · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.742 km SSW of Lima, Montana · 4422 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away

Before

  1. 2.414 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 4471 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.515 km NNW of Lima, Montana · 4483 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.629 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4486 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb14482929. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:42 PM UTC.