Wyoming earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 9 km S of Hoback, Wyoming

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 9 km S of Hoback, Wyoming on Wed, Apr 20, 2016, 11:05 AM MDT (17:05 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 8 km ESE of Grace, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-20 17:05:55 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
43.200° N, 110.771° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.31
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
173°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km SSE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3814 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.825 km S of Irwin, Idaho · 3809 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.633 km SSW of Dubois, Wyoming · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.69 km W of Hoback, Wyoming · 3807 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.78 km ESE of Grace, Idaho · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.919 km E of Kelly, Wyoming · 3786 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.99 km S of Hoback, Wyoming · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away

Before

  1. 2.59 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3815 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.28 km ENE of Alta, Wyoming · 3817 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.98 km ENE of Alta, Wyoming · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.68 km ENE of Alta, Wyoming · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.96 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3818 days ago · -2 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.96 km S of Hoback, Wyoming · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.6Wyoming · 3818 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.47 km SSE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3818 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.36 km S of Hoback, Wyoming · 3825 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.1Wyoming · 3825 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.918 km SSW of Irwin, Idaho · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.613 km E of Alta, Wyoming · 3844 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80137029. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:43 AM UTC.