M2.9 earthquake 5 km SW of Auburn, Wyoming
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Auburn, Wyoming on Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 6:30 PM MST (01:30 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-16 01:30:49 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.760° N, 111.056° W
- Region
- Wyoming
- Felt reports
- 8
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.4 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 68
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.616 km SSE of Grace, Idaho · 3508 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.85 km NNW of Alpine Northeast, Wyoming · 3500 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.81 km ESE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3498 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.34 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3486 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Georgetown, Idaho · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Hoback, Wyoming · 3462 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008k48. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.