M2.0 earthquake 13 km W of Clayton, Idaho
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km W of Clayton, Idaho on Thu, May 25, 2017, 1:09 AM MDT (07:09 UTC), 9 km (6 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-05-25 07:09:29 UTC
- Depth
- 9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.265° N, 114.563° 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, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.518 km NNW of Clayton, Idaho · 3407 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.637 km NW of Challis, Idaho · 3404 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.924 km E of Challis, Idaho · 3404 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.123 km E of Challis, Idaho · 3401 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.68 km N of Challis, Idaho · 3389 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.424 km E of Clayton, Idaho · 3373 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.513 km ESE of Stanley, Idaho · 3364 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.723 km ESE of Stanley, Idaho · 3361 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80211449. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC.