Idaho earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 19 km ENE of Lima, Montana

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 19 km ENE of Lima, Montana on Mon, May 4, 2015, 10:05 PM MDT (04:05 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (Mc), micro
Magnitude from
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Local time
UTC
2015-05-05 04:05:04 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
44.682° N, 112.349° W
Region
Idaho
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

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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, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.50
Station coverage gap
29°
Stations used
56

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.74 km SE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4169 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.14 km SE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4169 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.04 km SE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4165 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.74 km SE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4162 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.643 km NE of Spencer, Idaho · 4159 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.843 km NE of Spencer, Idaho · 4154 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.926 km SW of Lima, Montana · 4152 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.828 km SW of Lima, Montana · 4152 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.540 km ESE of Salmon, Idaho · 4142 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.735 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 4133 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.79 km WNW of Dillon, Montana · 4131 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.528 km ENE of Leadore, Idaho · 4123 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.029 km N of Spencer, Idaho · 4115 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.148 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4110 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.750 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4110 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 1.5Idaho-Montana border region · 4169 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.923 km SW of Leadore, Idaho · 4177 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.434 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 4191 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.623 km SW of Leadore, Idaho · 4193 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.65 km ESE of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4195 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb15361848. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.