M1.6 earthquake 19 km S of Mammoth, Wyoming
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19 km S of Mammoth, Wyoming on Sun, Apr 24, 2016, 12:07 AM MDT (06:07 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 45 km W 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- University of Utah Seismograph Stations
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-24 06:07:39 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.803° N, 110.692° W
- Region
- Montana
- 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.49
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 205°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.955 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 3816 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.129 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3808 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.729 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.130 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.828 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3804 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.328 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.649 km SE of Mammoth, Wyoming · 3796 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.45 km SW of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 3793 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.760 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 3791 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.510 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 3782 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.811 km NE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 3782 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.640 km S of Silver Gate, Montana · 3772 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.745 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 3770 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
- 2.061 km NNE of Kelly, Wyoming · 3766 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.345 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 3766 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 2.4Idaho-Montana border region · 3766 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.043 km SE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 3765 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.529 km S of Virginia City, Montana · 3765 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.045 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 3764 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
- 1.620 km SSW of Mammoth, Wyoming · 3764 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.844 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 3762 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.647 km NW of Island Park, Idaho · 3762 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.146 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho · 3760 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.444 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 3759 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.944 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 3758 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.642 km W of Hebgen Lake Estates, Montana · 3758 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 1.819 km S of Mammoth, Wyoming · 3816 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.020 km S of Mammoth, Wyoming · 3816 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.820 km S of Mammoth, Wyoming · 3816 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.129 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3817 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.929 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Springdale, Montana · 3818 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.651 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming · 3819 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.750 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming · 3819 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.529 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3820 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.129 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3820 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.329 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3821 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3821 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Mammoth, Wyoming · 3821 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.729 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3822 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.929 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3822 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.028 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3822 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.329 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3822 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.629 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3822 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.229 km SSE of Virginia City, Montana · 3822 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.561 km ESE of West Yellowstone, Montana · 3823 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60146367. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC.