Wyoming earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 7 km SSE of Hoback, Wyoming

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Hoback, Wyoming on Sun, Apr 17, 2016, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 9 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
Local time
UTC
2016-04-17 22:48:17 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.220° N, 110.759° W
Region
Wyoming
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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
100°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.6Wyoming · 3822 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.96 km S of Hoback, Wyoming · 3822 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.96 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3821 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.68 km ENE of Alta, Wyoming · 3821 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 1.98 km ENE of Alta, Wyoming · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.28 km ENE of Alta, Wyoming · 3820 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.59 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3819 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.49 km S of Hoback, Wyoming · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 1.75 km SSE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.825 km S of Irwin, Idaho · 3812 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.633 km SSW of Dubois, Wyoming · 3811 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.69 km W of Hoback, Wyoming · 3811 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 1.919 km E of Kelly, Wyoming · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.99 km S of Hoback, Wyoming · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 2.36 km S of Hoback, Wyoming · 3829 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.1Wyoming · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.918 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.613 km E of Alta, Wyoming · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.922 km ESE of Jackson, Wyoming · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80136624. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC.