M2.5 earthquake 8 km E of Bancroft, Idaho
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km E of Bancroft, Idaho on Sat, Aug 6, 2016, 12:32 AM MDT (06:32 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 7 km E of Bancroft, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-08-06 06:32:50 UTC
- Depth
- 1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.726° N, 111.781° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 10.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.87 km E of Bancroft, Idaho · 3708 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Clifton, Idaho · 3690 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006btf. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC.