M2.3 earthquake 13 km NW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Smiths Ferry, Idaho on Thu, Nov 5, 2015, 3:44 PM MST (22:44 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 17 km NE of Donnelly, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-05 22:44:02 UTC
- Depth
- 2.8 km (1.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.384° N, 116.216° W
- Region
- Idaho
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.919 km NW of Stanley, Idaho · 3956 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Cascade, Idaho · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.317 km NE of Donnelly, Idaho · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.28 km NNW of Donnelly, ID · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80104694. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:41 PM UTC.