M1.5 earthquake 21 km NE of Lowman, Idaho
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km NE of Lowman, Idaho on Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 13 km NNW of Challis, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-23 20:50:37 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.236° N, 115.449° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 181.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.50
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 8
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 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.813 km NNW of Challis, Idaho · 4372 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.714 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4371 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4366 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.18 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4344 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.127 km WNW of Stanley, Idaho · 4343 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.319 km W of Yellow Pine, Idaho · 4340 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.34 km W of Challis, Idaho · 4332 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.56 km SE of McCall, Idaho · 4324 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 2.728 km NW of Stanley, Idaho · 4386 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.525 km NW of Stanley, Idaho · 4387 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Clayton, Idaho · 4391 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4391 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.513 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4391 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.622 km WSW of Stanley, Idaho · 4391 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Challis, Idaho · 4393 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4398 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4398 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4402 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.812 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 4405 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.311 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4412 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.319 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 4412 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb14241501. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.