M1.9 earthquake 24 km E of Challis, Idaho
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 24 km E of Challis, Idaho on Thu, Jun 8, 2017, 3:14 PM MDT (21:14 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 13 km ESE of Stanley, Idaho. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-06-08 21:14:55 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.511° N, 113.927° W
- Region
- Idaho
- 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, 3.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 5
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.123 km E of Challis, Idaho · 3399 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.718 km NW of Lima, Montana · 3395 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68 km N of Challis, Idaho · 3387 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.424 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 3370 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.513 km ESE of Stanley, Idaho · 3362 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.55 km SE of Salmon, Idaho · 3360 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.723 km ESE of Stanley, Idaho · 3359 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 1.637 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 3402 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.833 km SE of Leadore, Idaho · 3403 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.518 km NNW of Clayton, Idaho · 3405 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.013 km W of Clayton, Idaho · 3416 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.818 km SW of Lima, Montana · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.132 km WNW of Challis, Idaho · 3429 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80213044. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:09 AM UTC.