M2.1 earthquake 34 km SSW of Dubois, Wyoming
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 34 km SSW of Dubois, Wyoming on Sat, Feb 25, 2017, 10:05 PM MST (05:05 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 4 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-02-26 05:05:03 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.241° N, 109.772° 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, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.33
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 175°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.81 km ESE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.34 km SE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3486 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.641 km ENE of Kelly, Wyoming · 3466 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.613 km WNW of Hoback, Wyoming · 3462 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.515 km ENE of Hoback, Wyoming · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event mb80200739. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC.