Wyoming earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake Wyoming

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck in Wyoming on Mon, Nov 28, 2016, 8:52 PM MST (03:52 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 45 km ENE of Warm River, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-11-29 03:52:23 UTC
Depth
1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
44.322° N, 110.506° 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, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
120°
Stations used
8

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uu60172302. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:02 AM UTC.