M1.6 earthquake 15 km NNW of Lima, Montana
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Lima, Montana on Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 6:03 AM MST (13:03 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 23 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-16 13:03:26 UTC
- Depth
- 10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.759° N, 112.688° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.50
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.625 km E of Lima, Montana · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.024 km E of Lima, Montana · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Lima, Montana · 4262 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.023 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4252 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.925 km W of Lima, Montana · 4251 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.118 km N of Dillon, Montana · 4236 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.525 km N of Lima, Montana · 4233 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4231 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.615 km NE of Dillon, Montana · 4226 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 2.335 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 4281 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.536 km NNE of Spencer, Idaho · 4281 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.911 km N of Dillon, Montana · 4288 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.524 km S of Ennis, Montana · 4290 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.127 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4293 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.127 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4295 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.228 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4306 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.228 km WNW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4306 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.223 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4307 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.927 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 4307 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb15397437. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:51 AM UTC.